Grant Duncan: What phase two Covid report says about mandates and NZ politics

The secret diary of ... the Covid inquiry

Mike Hosking. Photo: NZME Royal Commission Our report concludes that New Zealand did well in responding to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Grant Duncan: What phase two Covid report says about mandates and NZ politics

THE FACTS Covid-19 changed the course of New Zealand’s political history. Labour’s 50% of the vote in 2020 came from a huge electoral swing as a reward for...

As Covid hits again, New Zealand confronts its pandemic past

Six years after New Zealand moved into its first lockdown, the final inquiry report examines lockdowns, mandates and the cost of the pandemic.

Covid hits again, just as NZ confronts pandemic past

Another wave of Covid is circulating again, pushing up hospitalisations and deaths, and reminding Kiwis of a time they hoped was a distant memory. The arrival of the ninth wave coincides with the delivery of the long-awaited final report card on how New Zealand handled the Covid pandemic. Health experts say wastewater monitoring suggests community transmission is at its highest level in more than six months, and already in a single week, 50 hosp…

The real lesson of the second Covid-19 inquiry? We live in a post

Government ministers’ creative interpretations of the royal commission’s report took spin to scary new levels.

Covid inquiry: NZ still counting pandemic costs

Covid inquiry credits early response for saving lives but questions parts of $60b pandemic spending