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The High Court and the Ombudsman have found fault with NZ’s MIQ system – should the government apologise?

  • Written by Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato
The High Court and the Ombudsman have found fault with NZ’s MIQ system – should the government apologise?Getty Images

Although it has yet to begin work, the first finding of the forthcoming royal commission into New Zealand’s COVID-19 response has probably just been written by Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier.

The royal commission will likely agree with his finding: while it was justifiable for the government to restrict and control the flow of...

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