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Forced jabs?: NZ Pandemic Plan review sparks outcry over government powers

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The New Zealand Ministry of Health recently published an interim update to its “Pandemic Plan”, bringing attention to oppressive measures that could be enforced in the event of another “health emergency.”

The update, part of a broader pandemic preparedness review following the COVID-19 experience, has ignited widespread criticism over the extensive powers granted to health and government authorities during pandemic situations.

The New Zealand Pandemic Plan, originally formulated to combat influenza and similar respiratory pathogens, has now been adapted to address any future pandemic threats. It integrates recent health system reforms and lessons learned from the COVID-19 response. However, it is the statutory powers outlined in this plan that have drawn significant international attention over the last week.

Health Act 1956

The Health Act 1956 remains the cornerstone of the country’s public health legislation, conferring significant authority to “medical officers” of health. These officers can:

  • Enter premises, conduct medical examinations, detain individuals for isolation, and mandate contact tracing.
  • Under authorisation, enforce quarantine, prescribe preventive treatments, requisition premises and vehicles, and close educational institutions. These powers can be activated by the Minister of Health or under an epidemic notice by the Prime Minister.

Epidemic Preparedness Act 2006

This act empowers the Prime Minister to issue “epidemic notices”, activating special powers for managing disease outbreaks.

Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002

In “severe situations”, the Civil Defence Emergency Management Act can be invoked, allowing authorities to regulate traffic, provide essential services, and evacuate premises.

International Health Regulations 2005

As a WHO member state, New Zealand is required to adhere to these regulations, which mandate reporting and response measures for public health emergencies of international concern. The Public Health Agency within the Ministry of Health serves as New Zealand’s National Focal Point for coordination with the WHO.

Mandated Measures

The plan outlines several mandated measures that could be imposed during a pandemic. These include requirements for people to be tested, screened, or vaccinated, which may also apply to arrivals in New Zealand. Authorities may quarantine or isolate individuals who are “potentially” exposed or infected, either in designated facilities or at home, and may restrict their movement to prevent the spread of disease. Travel restrictions, both within and outside of New Zealand, could be enforced to limit transmission.

Other measures include imposing duties on individuals to supply information for risk assessment or contact tracing, such as travel plans or past travel history. Preventive treatments may be mandated, and individuals could be required to avoid work or public places unless certain conditions are met. Authorities might also commandeer resources, such as land, buildings, or vehicles, to support the pandemic response. Any mandated actions, particularly those restricting basic freedoms, would need a system for seeking and issuing exemptions transparently and promptly, the report says.

Mandated and forced ‘vaccination’

Most controversially, the plan envisages situations where people may be mandated to undergo testing, screening or injection with mRNA gene therapies (marketed to the public as ‘vaccines’), or undergo any other form of “preventive treatment”.

Vaccine mandates were implemented by the Labour government in 2021, but the Ministry of Health’ s July review has brought the draconian nature of government power back into the spotlight, as it is not a question of “if” but “when” the next “global health emergency” will emerge.

Such measures would likely come under the category of “special powers” in the Health Act, exercisable by the Director-General of Health at a national level, or by “local medical officers of health” at a regional level, acting under the direction of the Director-General.

Section 71A of the Health Act authorises police to use force “to help” an authorised health officer exercise his or her powers, which includes requiring persons to remain in a designated place until they have undergone “preventive treatment”. Critics argue this power permits police to assist in the forced ‘vaccination’ of persons against their will. At the very least it will allow health officers to use coercive measures, and the police to use physical force, to detain a person until they have undergone “preventive treatment”.

The term “preventive treatment” is not defined in the Health Act, but is stated as any treatment the health officer “may prescribe”.

Of further concern is the plan’s declaration that coercive measures need only be formulated in statute to avoid the requirements of the Bill of Rights Act, apparently dismissing any inquiry into whether those measures are “reasonable and justified limits” under section 5 of that Act.

Reaction

The global reaction to the recent review has been overwhelmingly negative, with critics denouncing the plan as overly draconian and a threat to personal freedoms. Key figures and commentators have expressed alarm over the scope of governmental powers:

Ro Edge, co-founder of Save Women’s Sport Australasia, described the plan as a “truly dystopian document” that needs to be discarded.

Freedom campaigner Napoleon Busch has warned of impending coercion, suggesting the measures could lead to forced vaccinations and detentions.

Alex Jones framed the plan as part of a broader globalist agenda to enforce total control through pandemic fear.

Concerns have also been raised about the potential for these measures to be misused, with former Australian MP Craig Kelly advising travellers to New Zealand to be aware of the stringent laws that could lead to forcible medical treatments.

Government’s Stance

The Ministry of Health maintains that the updated plan is essential for ensuring the country is “prepared for future pandemics.” The interim update is intended to reflect changes in the health system post-2022 reforms and incorporate early COVID-19 lessons.

Director-General of Health Diana Sarfati highlighted the importance of a coordinated response across all levels of government and society to minimise the impact of pandemics on public health and the economy.

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    • Thank you Daily Telegraph for doing this story, I’ve been hearing about it over the past few days and quite frankly it feels like I reached a new low as it almost seems like it would be impossible to return even for a visit.

      I was looking for reports about it to find out how, when, and why but nothing much. I did see some US reports of and Lockie & Loadie LLB posted his take and another US report. but nothing from DTNZ until now.

      It really helps to see other peoples comments so much, and yes I’ve been angered too, to the point of thinking as Rupert has said, it wouldn’t take much to take them down with me if they forced a death by vaccine.

      I’m tired and angry and pleased all at the same time too so I’ve just read the jist of the report and will re read again later. As I said before I have to find a way to navigate around this, and to make it clear to our so called health authorities we will not be subjected to being forced mRNA vaccines that reproduce in God knows where, parts of our body.

      Liz Gunn must have had some idea of this when she spoke of the utter corruption of our govt. She spoke of the sneaky Luxon, stealth was her word,
      & the coalition partners, yes that’s you Winnie! Two faced toad. But we knew that already.

      Glad we have peoplecl that can take it on and fight the tyrrany.

  1. I’ll be blunt, I’m NOT complying with this. Nor will I recognise the legitimacy of any government or institution that tries to enforce these Fascist measures.

  2. I did not before and I will never comply with this totalitarian bull****…… Why can we not as a nation sue our govt for doing what globalist want instead of what we the people want. We pay there wages.

    • Govts. are elected by the people for the people to serve the people. When they dont serve the people anymore they must be removed. That includes all agreements and contracts with outside NGOs and their Affiliates – period. Otherwise you are entertaining Tyranny.

  3. I do publicly declare that any attempt to inject or force any treatment onto this living man will result in violence and death.
    I will kill anyone who tries.
    Self defense against this satanic assault.
    My body. My choice.
    The satanic nzgovtcorp may now be deleted.
    We all see the deaths they inflicted with the previous murder attempt.
    We see NO ACCOUNTABILITY.
    We see utter fraud.
    We now see the further attempt to force the satanic cult agenda onto us all.
    Anyone who cares to look will discover the roots of satanism in all of these mega corporations which now push their cultist beliefs onto us all with their blood money billions.
    I do not consent.
    I do not obey this satanic cultist organisation posing fraudulently as nz democratically elected government.

    • TOTALLY AGREE, RUPERT.
      Any attempt by any entity to try and force a weaponsed chemical into my body or those of my exempted family members will be met with the same!
      We view this as an assault with a deadly and/or disabling weapon, and we will not tolerate this.
      To those who are on-board with this demonic, Satanic law or mandate, I say-
      F@CK AROUND WITH US AND FIND OUT!!!
      Doing stupid things (like forcing a bio-weapon on the population in violation of International Law) reaps stupid rewards, or total retaliation for ‘enforcing’ such a hideous and illegal program to begin with!

  4. They can go jump in the lake. They will charge you for the forced detention, and you will rack up bills of 1000s of dollars, they will take your house and assets to pay it. So much for the right to refuse medical treatment.

  5. I’ll add if Australian’s think they wont be subject to this too, well just wait and see. There’s no BORA in Australia either, so it would be even easier to legislate this.

  6. Just in time for the conjured up bird flu and the US elections
    Mail in ballots manipulation and fraud
    Unless of course they can take Trump out before
    Setting the table
    Covid has lost its mojo

  7. If you ever needed proof that the my body my choice movement was a looney leftist scam this is it. The should be screaming from the roof tops that this is wrong, that last time it was wrong. They did nothing.

  8. The police and government are out numbered, and they know it, it will lead to a revolt in the end, so all I can say is bring it on.

  9. All this nonsense has originated in the WHO and the politicians who go along with it are handing our well-being to non-elected bureaucrats.
    Neither the WHO nor the WEF are legitimate organisations. They have given themselves high sounding names and designations of authority which they do not in fact possess. It is all a case of their hoping that the magic words will bring submission from the population. That we will believe these people actually do care about our health and are doing the best they can to ensure our safety. Governments of sovereign countries had no business signing any treaties or agreements with either of these organisations. A woman named Diana Sarfati may have been given the pompous title Director-General of Health, but that means nothing to me. Bloated as she may be with her own importance, she sits down to make poo-poo like any other woman.
    The government of this country has no mandate for passing into law any pandemic treaty that goes against the Bill of Rights. They themselves will be exempt – as will the so called ‘stakeholders’ – from mRNA poison, because they know full well what the consequences of such mRNA injections mean.
    Worldwide we are well aware of the dangers of mRNA injections now so the government is going from coercion to force. Let’s see how it works for the politicians this time.

    • The WEF WHO and UN (which sadly has changed over the years), are now classified as Criminal Organiisations. Which makes any Govt. that is currently actively interacting with any of these Organisations also involved in Criminal Activity.

  10. Bull**** indeed!

    Unbelievable after the Covid scamdemic escalated worse health and increased deaths to the public. Our hospitals now struggling to cope from the nasty side effects of the bogus jabs that didn’t save anyone, and now they want to force people take the next round of evil shit.

    I can’t believe this is the country I grew up in.

  11. Any govt trying to force this on the NZ people is proving they are illegitimated and cannot be accepted as the authority on anything.

  12. The poolice proved in Wellington that they work for the Government and not the people. With this in mind and their current undertaking of hate speech B’S ‘policeing they are doomed for failure. Step a toe across my boundary to inject me or loved ones ( ie threaten life and breach the NZ bill of rights act) = bye bye.

    • Exactly my thoughts. So far over 2 million people worldwide have see the Alex jones video warning people that New Zealand is a totalitarian state sh1thole. No tourist in their right mind would come here knowing they could be locked up or forced by any means to take a vaccine.

      Who does our government think they are? They thought the 2022 protests were bad> THEY AINT SEEN NOTHING YET. If those C#Nts think they are going to force New Zealanders to take a jab or be imprisoned then they really have no F#CKING idea who they are dealing with. If they DARE try this Sh1t on us another time, not only will they have to deal with the people who protested last time, those of us who couldn’t make it last time won’t miss out this time, plus those people who were mandated against their will last time (they are angrier than us unvaxxed folk) the people who lost homes, marriages, businesses, plus all the people whose loved ones died as a result of the vax and all those injured plus their families. I hope the politicians in govt who go along with this Sh1t have some REAL a good personal protection and I give them this warning:

      Do NOT cross the people who have nothing left to lose. We are in your presence every day and you don’t even know. Poke us one too many times and we WILL fight back.

      WE WILL NOT COMPLY 😡🖕

  13. As time allows, revolutions are not condemned as violent. They are celebrated as triumphs over oppressive and totalitarian regimes. Many nations have them as the beginning of their cultural heritage. For example, 4th July.

    Should there be an international move to mass inject the unwilling, there will be a new public holiday on an anniversary when the very organised, internationally coordinated and empowered people of many nations finally defeats this evil.

    You are an army of a few thousand. We are an army of 5 million.

  14. Diana Sarfati, armed with unconstrained powers is the most powerful person in New Zealand. She is New Zealand’s Director–General of Health and as such will dictate the the next “pandemic” response. She was formerly head of the Cancer Control Agency (Te Aho o Te Kahu) of New Zealand. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diana_Sarfati
    The Cancer “Control” Agency is a full member of The Union for International Cancer Control. The UICC partners with the World Health Organisation. Patrons of the Union for International Cancer Control include Novataris, Pfizer, Roche and Sanofi. https://uicc.org/who-we-work/partners/our-partners

  15. After enduring the worry and needing to care for a vaccine injured individual post Covid vaccine…I would envisage Section 71A of the Health Act authorising police to use force “to help” an authorised health officer exercise his or her powers, which includes requiring persons to remain in a designated place until they have undergone “preventive treatment” …..must surely require review in accordance with the Human Rights Act.
    There is absolutely NO place for non-consented preventative treatment (specifically vaccine) given by force when ‘no vaccine’ can be proven to have 100 percent efficacy.

  16. I see very big trouble coming down the line.

    Hopefully the evil pharma-fascist forced vaccinator squads have robust life insurance cover.

  17. How those who administered the Covid 19 mRNA vaccine program can lie straight in bed at night in view of the thousands of people who died since 2020 and those currently dying from compromised immune systems is beyond me? Our Health system is under enormous pressure with people dying from their inflicted immunization program. Easy to understand how this evil has been perpetrated on the NZ public and the politicians will do it again depending on which party is in power. This legislation must be repealed immediately. How a NZ government can stand up and say they are defending the rights of the people with this legislation is simply evil.

    • Absolutely agree…I found myself telling my husband this evening that I would take voluntary euthanasia over a jab. This is because I am autoimmune resulting from a different vaccine that ruined my career, ruined my health and I will never get another. They can ‘try’ and lock me away or whatever they choose..but at the end of the day…it is my body and i will never put any further vaccine into it that will add to my premature demise.
      My Mum has been diagnosed with Thrombocytopenia and highly suspicious leukaemia immediately post Covid vaccine..because she is 85 this will not investigated further but inevitably..she will demise. She was historically medically classified as “allergic” to a different vaccine.
      If they don’t want immunocompromised individuals in New Zealand nor to set up ‘credible’ Immunology services in every Health NZ area then maybe it is time to review the criteria for euthanasia.
      Yes, this planned pandemic policy is pure evil but they are leaving New Zealanders no choice but to move Country or to plan their own exit as no Law enforcement under any Act will make me take another vaccine… ever!
      This is all very disturbing and yet our representation of Joan Simeon (NZMC) Dr Ashley Bloomfield and Dr Michael Tatley (CARM) all working with/along side the the WHO in varied roles has all become simply frightening! Why is this not in MSN and yet my relatives in Australia appear to be well informed?

      • Why do you think they closed most of the huts and tramping tracks in the greater natural forest areas ? Why is the whole eastern seaboard getting rainbombed all the time ? The ‘elite’ the nothing people (who create nothing do nothing but only for themselves) want these areas for themselves. Remember Hawaii ?

  18. Heartening to hear the responses, THEY HAVE BEEN WARNED. THIS WILL NOT BE PEACEFUL… I’D RATHER DIE TAKING A FEW WITH ME THAN SUBMIT… THEY HAVE BEEN WARNED…

  19. This is just a trap to catch humans; also to clear out the real estate ready for the mass exodus from Israel when the remaining humans in the world get sick of their shit. Don’t look to the skies for the planes or the seas for the rubber dinghies, they’ll be coming via their tunnels singing shake it off

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