The Royal Commission of Inquiry into the pandemic is focusing on eveyday people's views on lockdowns and vaccines.

After New Zealand's Chief Justice closed the doors of the country's highest court more details have emerged about what hearings will continue during the ...

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The inquiry aims to look at lessons learned from the government response, in order to prepare for future pandemics.

The ideal of New Zealand’s “team of five million” during the early stages of Covid-19 probably never reflected reality. Public hearings for the second phase of the Royal Commission of ...

Experts have told a Royal Commission the public reporting breaches was ineffective, as disabled community members describe being abused over masks.

On March 23, New Zealand had just over 100 cases of COVID-19, but Ardern decided it was time to take action, and put the entire country into one of the most restrictive lockdowns — everyone, ...

Big Number. 40%. That’s the percentage of eligible people in New Zealand who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19, a total of 1.69 million people, according to official government data ...

New concerns raised over South African variant of COVID-19 08:21. Wellington, New Zealand — New Zealand's first case of coronavirus in the community for more than two months has been identified ...

Instead of focusing on Long Covid, the hearings this week will cover Government decisions relating to lockdowns, vaccine mandates, ... New Zealand's public broadcaster, ...

Starting today, the inquest will hear from everyday people about what the government's decisions over vaccines and lockdowns meant for them.