Points of Order — COVID-19 Vaccination

Point of order, Mr Speaker. I’m bringing up a point of order at my earliest convenience, after reading through the Standing Orders. A comment you made, Mr Speaker, around a member, a kaumātua, advising Māori not to take the vaccination, when, in actual fact, there is an article in the Waateanews.com, if that’s not a viable source of report, where Mr Bird says, “My body is my body. It belongs to me. It does not belong to the State. I will make the decision for myself. I have my own mind. I am te mana motuhake.” Not once in that article does he talk about advising Māori not to take the vaccine. He is pro—

Order! Order! The member will resume his seat. If the member wants to take that matter up with me further, and we can, I’m sure, produce other reports, I don’t want to undermine Waatea News, but it’s not my general place of reading and, therefore, I was not relying on that report. I’m just saying, because there appear to be another couple of members who feel like giving assistance on this matter, don’t try it.