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Covid-19 Royal Commission terms of reference expanded – NZ First

COVID-19 Royal Commission news

The terms of reference for the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Covid-19 response have been expanded, New Zealand First announced today.

The coalition agreement confirmed a commission of inquiry would be established as a matter of urgency, ‘a full scale, wide ranging, independent inquiry conducted publicly with local and international experts, into how the Covid pandemic was handled in New Zealand, including covering: Use of multiple lockdowns; Vaccine procurement and efficacy; social and economic impacts on both regional and national levels, and whether the decisions made, and steps taken, were justified.

The new terms of reference to be added to the above include:

  • The cost-effectiveness of the Government’s policies, and whether the rules set by the Government appropriately balanced Covid-19 elimination with other goals
  • The Government’s utilisation of partnerships with business and professional groups
  • The extent of disruption to New Zealanders’ health, education, and business as a result of the Government’s policies
  • If the Government’s response was consistent with the rule of law
  • How New Zealand’s pandemic preparedness compared to other countries

Public submissions

The public will have an opportunity to make submissions from the 8th of February and we will inform you of further details on this process in due course.

‘This inquiry was campaigned on by New Zealand First leading up to the 2023 election and has been highly anticipated by many New Zealanders.

‘It demonstrates great progress on the crucial commitments New Zealand First has made, to strengthen democracy and freedom in New Zealand,’ said the party in a statement.

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  1. This announcement almost made me cry.
    Will there be really justice in Godzone?
    Will there really at the end of the inquiry be prosecutions?
    If not, all hell will break lose.
    If people lose hope, or especially if they feel duped, things will turn very nasty,
    If this really bears fruit, my family and many many other citizens will never forget NZ1.
    I believe it when it happens.
    Hell hath on fury like mothers scorned!

  2. “If the Government’s response was consistent with the rule of law”

    Obviously not.

    New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990

    Right not to be deprived of life
    No one shall be deprived of life except on such grounds as are established by law and are consistent with the principles of fundamental justice.

    Right not to be subjected to torture or cruel treatment
    Everyone has the right not to be subjected to torture or to cruel, degrading, or disproportionately severe treatment or punishment.

    Right not to be subjected to medical or scientific experimentation
    Every person has the right not to be subjected to medical or scientific experimentation without that person’s consent.

    Right to refuse to undergo medical treatment
    Everyone has the right to refuse to undergo any medical treatment.

    Verdict: Guilty as charged.

  3. Let’s see the Pfizer contract for starters.

    Plus publish the names of who exactly received the 11,000 exemptions.

    I’ll bring the popcorn.

    • If Pfizer was genuinely confident the jab was “safe” why did they insist on legal indemnity.

      Clearly it’s impossible to provide an innocent plausible answer to that particular question.

  4. NZ!!!! Are we truly holding those that brought the jab disguised as a plandemic accountable? Where is the release of the contract between the marketeers of the gene therapy jab and the purchase representatives for NZ….dubbed the Pfizer contract? Where is the true inquiry into the harms, side effects and deaths following administration of this gene therapy jab. I acknowledge this inquiry as progress, a small introductory step. As this inquiry stands this first step is an eight week process then waste no more time please because we the people would like the guts of the COVID con laid out on the table. We ask to have the people whom agreed to the protocols for the pandemic held to account. Winston Peter’s you campaigned on the covid inquiry rhetoric are you counting on Kiwi’s apathy in not holding your feet to the fire?

  5. What about the use of psychological manipulation, or nudging people in a certain direction, as they may call it.

    Psychological manipulation through the use of fear. Is that going to be included. Because that is what took place. Alot of the population need that slap in the face, as they still do detrimental things they were manipulated to do.

    There really should be no doubt by now that the whole reponse was bad for people, the economy and social adhesion. But enquire away I guess. Waste some more money.

    And, what about so called experts and their expert opinions? Which can be shown to be not just mis/disinformation, but malinformation. Stuff like; stays in the deltoid muscle. Does not enter the blood system and distribute through the body. Leaves the body in a few days. Etc, etc

    Those people need to be made to answer questions, hard questions. Ones that Jack Tame, Sean Plunket, and many other journalists’ have failed to ask.

  6. Local experts…….? Oh you mean people like Michael Baker perhaps?
    Excuse me for sounding pessimistic, me thinks it will remain a complete whitewash. World powers won’t allow accountability to happen.

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