The NZ Herald - 7 July 2025
New Zealanders have spoken of the impact of the Covid-19 response on their lives and businesses, including crippling financial losses, children falling behind in schooling and struggles to farewell dying loved ones.
Public hearings for the second phase of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Covid-19 pandemic response began in Auckland this morning.
The second phase is focusing on the Covid-19 lockdowns in 2021, the approval of vaccines and their safety, and the vaccine mandates in 2021 and 2022. Read more here......
Read the full joint submission by the Funeral Directors Association and NZ Embalmers Association.
NB: The current hearings are part of Phase 2. The Associations made a submission during Phase 1, and as Phase 2 only reconsiders submissions on the same topics, we chose not to resubmit.