Professor Tony Blakely, Chair of New Zealand’s Royal Commission of Inquiry into the COVID-19 response, has delivered a report calling for a reevaluation of the use of lockdowns and vaccine mandates in “future pandemics”.
While acknowledging the necessity of certain measures, Blakely argued they were applied too broadly and harshly, undermining public trust and cohesion.
Blakely described New Zealand’s pandemic response as a “game of two halves.”
He praised the country’s initial success in controlling the virus but highlighted growing social division during prolonged restrictions. He stressed the importance of proportionate public health measures, stating that while mandates for frontline workers “were justifiable”, broader applications led to significant social harm.
Blakely’s report includes 39 recommendations, among them:
- Reducing reliance on lockdowns and stringent mandates in future pandemics.
- Focusing vaccine mandates only where benefits significantly outweigh social harms.
- Strengthening public health infrastructure, such as contact tracing systems.
- “Enhancing preparedness” to mitigate future pandemics effectively.
Blakely said there was a need to act on these recommendations immediately, cautioning that “the next pandemic may not be far away.”
Blakely’s role as chair has come under scrutiny. Critics allege significant conflicts of interest, questioning his impartiality in evaluating the government’s COVID-19 response. He has been described by some critics as New Zealand’s “shadow Director-General of Health”, and a “Labour patsy”.
Some of the allegations include:
- Close Ties with Key Decision-Makers: Blakely is said to have strong connections with key figures in New Zealand’s pandemic response, including Ashley Bloomfield and Michael Baker. Critics claim he actively participated in formulating policies he was later tasked with evaluating.
- Moderna Links: His previous work for vaccine manufacturer Moderna raised concerns about his neutrality regarding vaccine-related decisions.
- Research Affiliations: Blakely’s co-authorship of studies on New Zealand’s response with Michael Baker and other policymakers has fuelled accusations of bias.
Winston Peters, leader of New Zealand First, labelled him a “Labour patsy” and described him as “massively conflicted.”
Other groups, such as NZDSOS, have highlighted perceived shortcomings in Blakely’s approach, including his support for the controversial mRNA technology and managed quarantine, as well as his apparent dismissal of vaccine harm concerns. They criticised the inquiry as secretive and lacking accountability.
Critics also argue the measures adopted by the Ardern government were well-known at the time to cause the significant issues with mandates and lockdowns highlighted in Blakely’s report, but this science was ignored by the government and legacy media acting in concert to drive an agenda of control and fear. Public outcry over the untested, dangerous and ineffective mRNA gene therapy (marketed to the public as a Covid ‘vaccine’) was also ignored. These failures are fuelling calls for politicians, legacy media, and government ‘experts’ to be held criminally liable for their actions during the ‘pandemic’.
Speaking recently Donald Trump’s new appointee to head the National Institutes of Health, Prof. Jay Bhattacharya said:
“The covid era was the golden age of science denial. Closed schools, immunity denial, lockdowns, toddler masking, vaccine mandates, vax harm denial, and of course censorship to suppress opposition to a failed ‘expert’ class. The Science ™ must be replaced by science…”
“A relatively small group — a cartel almost — of very powerful scientific bureaucrats took over the whole apparatus of science, dominated the media, dominated the message to politicians.”
Blakely will now step down as chair following the delivery of this report, with Grant Illingworth KC set to lead the second phase of the inquiry, which will expand its scope to explore vaccine harms and other critical issues. Blakely defended his findings, stating that they should be implemented promptly, irrespective of ongoing criticisms.
Winston Peters was on ‘The Country’ with Jamie Mackay.
He was asked “is Tony Blakely a Labour Patsy?” To which he replied “he’s massively conflicted and he’s even said so, but the media were never interested in it”
Mackay asks him if all the work and travelling he is doing… pic.twitter.com/CL8ppt1Tf6
— Holyhekatuiteka (@2ETEKA) June 27, 2024
Here’s Adern lying about Tony Blakely’s independence from NZ’s Covid response. Bald faced lie.
Then Grant Robertson some months earlier defending the Govt prolonging MIQ for months more than what even Bloomfield recommended.
It’s estimated that a further 40,000 kiwis were… pic.twitter.com/zmBBlozgqL
— Holyhekatuiteka (@2ETEKA) February 14, 2024
TODAY THE CHAIR OF OUR ROYAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY WAS INTERVIEWED ON RADIO…
His name is Tony Blakely.
I am truly astonished to see that our Commission of Inquiry into the NZ Covid response appears to be set to continue with only TWO Commissioners.
Tony is one of them…and… pic.twitter.com/PDbDm8HDNv
— NZ and the MRNA (@HopeRising19) February 8, 2024
NZ ROYAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO COVID MUST REPLACE COMMISSIONER TONY BLAKELY…
A new OIA response reveals conflicts of interest that are completely UNTENABLE for a fair, honest, open and transparent expanded Inquiry.
Question:
Does Tony Blakely and John Whitehead… pic.twitter.com/9iwIIfkdeT
— NZ and the MRNA (@HopeRising19) March 19, 2024
A NZ Herald article published today describes significant conflicts of interest for Tony Blakely, Chair of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the COVID response.
Blakely has a network of friends and colleagues who were advising the New Zealand Government on the COVID response… pic.twitter.com/4K3Lv9geUZ
— Voices For Freedom (@voices_nz) May 9, 2024
But, its a corporate state “Royal” inquiry, so it must be True!!
What about NZ’s own data from Barry Smith about the excess deaths? World-wide many fit people died live on TV from news presenters, sports men and woman.
New phrases called turbo cancer and sudden death syndrome were invented to explain huge excess deaths.
I personally know 3 who died.
“Future Pandemics”
That is a lie in itself
A subliminal a seed instilled into Your subconscious as a foundation
There was no pandemic
There was no virus
It was a PCR Fake Numbers plandemic scamdemic
Contrived carefully crafted and manufactured state propaganda
https://www.globalresearch.ca/video-kary-mullis-nobel-prize-winning-inventor-of-pcr-test-died-in-august-2019/5816915
Ashley Bloomfield, RadioNZ today;
“My one wish really for the inquiries is that they take a really appreciative view at what happened.
“Get to the bottom of things that didn’t go so well so that we can learn from them, not so that we can point a finger of blame at anyone.”
Wouldn’t it be nice, aye Ashley.
Like pointing the finger of blame at anyone that didn’t wear a stupid ineffective mask or, refused to have a novel medicine still in trials.
POS
Ah yep.
Funnily enough, Ashley does sound quite nervous.
Possibly about being charged with ‘Crimes against Humanity’ followed by 30 years of imprisonment.
Unsurprisingly Professor Blakely forgot to mention the deeply evil despotic authoritarian cancellation of fundamental human rights.
Funny that.
It is interesting as reported in MSM this morning “ Vaccine mandates caused huge pain to a “substantial minority” during the pandemic and Government should consider whether their benefits outweighed their harms, the head of a major Covid-19 inquiry says..”
The “substantial minority”!!!! Who on earth is this man trying to belittle, justify and / or represent?
That says it all for Phase one of this inquiry ….clearly a whitewash!
“Undermining trust”.
LOL. No s*** Sherlock.
I wouldn’t trust these lying depraved corrupt Big Pharma-sponsored a***holes as far as I could throw them.
In short, and with all due respect please go F*** yourself ‘Professor’ Blakely, you evil lying quack.
“Focusing vaccine mandates only where benefits significantly outweigh social harms.”
Blakely is clearly an entirely evil corrupt scumbag.