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A century on from the 1919 influenza inquiry, NZ needs a royal commission into its COVID-19 response

  • Written by Alexander Gillespie, Professor of Law, University of Waikato
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The National Party’s recent call for a royal commission of inquiry into New Zealand’s pandemic response may have been part of a wider political strategy, with former leader Judith Collins highly critical of the government’s handling of the Delta outbreak.

But the idea predated its recent advocate, and there are good,...

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