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

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,...