Sunday Panel: Tougher punishments for cop shooters and our post-Covid roadmap

The Sunday Session with Francesca Rudkin

The National Party's spokesperson for police says the government needs to tackle attacks on police.
A police officer was shot Friday night in Hamilton during a routine traffic stop. He received injuries to his arm and shoulder, but is in a stable condition in Waikato Hospital.
National's Simeon Brown says we need stiffer punishments for people who assault officers.
National put the policy to parliament earlier this year but it was ultimately rejected.
Brown says the legislation is essential, and those who attack police officers are attacking those who are supposed to keep us safe.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she is watching what happens as other countries "experiment" with reopening their borders to vaccinated travellers before deciding on what to do here.
Singapore, Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom have all recently unveiled plans around living with the virus in their communities to certain degrees.
In the UK, Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced an end to Covid-19 restrictions by July 19 despite surging case numbers and conceding there would be more deaths, an approach Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins said would not occur here.
Last week, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison laid out a four-phase plan to reopen to the world, and Singapore has stated Covid will be treated like other endemic diseases such as flu.
Asked in the House by Act Party leader David Seymour what New Zealand's equivalent to the Australian roadmap was, Ardern said Australia's plan did not have the levels of vaccination or the timelines in which things would happen.
"Everything that we're seeing around the world at the moment is experimental.
"At the moment, we don't necessarily have an evidence and research base to draw on.
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