New Zealand: A takatāpui unit has been set up beside a Tauranga marae to help rangatahi have "brave conversations" with their whānau.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/480669/takatapui-unit-to-help-lgbtiq-youth-launched-in-tauranga
* * *
Prominent anti-vaccination lawyer Sue Grey has been released from custody in Nelson after earlier being stood down by a judge for contempt of court.
At a hearing in the Nelson District Court this afternoon, Judge Tony Zohrab said Grey was taken into custody for disruptive behaviour at an earlier court appearance.
Judge Zohrab questioned what Grey was apologising for and she said she was shaken and had been sitting in a custody freezing for several hours.
"I don't know what I am apologising for to be honest Your Honour sir, but any inconvenience to anybody that was caused by what happened today."
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/480645/lawyer-sue-grey-released-from-custody-after-being-accused-of-contempt-of-court
* * *
Only 43 percent of people over 50 have had a second booster, despite being most at risk from the virus.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/480692/covid-19-boosters-flatlining-as-case-numbers-surge-across-country
* * *
Daily Covid-19 numbers are the highest they have been for four and a half months, at 8428.
It is the first time the reported cases have breached 8000 in the country's third wave.
The Ministry of Health said the virus was also increasing in wastewater and only about 44 percent of actual cases were being reported.