The Ministry of Health welcomes the publication of the NZ Royal Commission COVID-19 Lessons Learned Final Report, and the opportunity to strengthen our preparation for a future pandemic.

An inquiry into New Zealand’s Covid-19 response found that while the country’s strategy — one of the strictest in the world — helped limit infections and deaths, prolonged lockdowns and vaccine ...

The second COVID inquiry report reinforces that pandemics are not only health emergencies but also social crises, requiring ...

The Royal Commission of Inquiry into Covid-19’s final report has been released. Deciding that the first phase of the inquiry was inadequate, the coalition Government expanded the terms of reference to ...

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 the main coalition party’s effective evidence-based ...