Thomas Coughlan: Jacinda Ardern Right Not to Front Covid-19 Inquiry

Thomas Coughlan: Jacinda Ardern right not to front Covid-19 inquiry

THE FACTS The question of whether former Prime Minister Dame Jacinda Ardern and members of her Government front up to the Covid-19 Royal Commission is one...

NZ’s COVID Inquiry Halted After Jacinta Ardern, Former Ministers Refuse to Appear

The second phase of public hearings of New Zealand’s COVID-19 Royal Commission has been cancelled after key witnesses, including former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, refused to appear. Other key decision-makers at the time have also refused, including former Health Minister and current Labour Leader Chris Hipkins, another former health minister and current MP, Dr. Ayesha Verrall, and former Finance Minister Grant Robertson, who now works in aca…

Seymour’s ‘lockdown overlords’ Robertson and Verrall hit back at claims of avoiding Covid inquiry

Labour’s health spokesperson said the decision against further hearings was made by the Commission.

Ardern, Hipkins decline to appear at Covid-19 inquiry

Former Prime Minister Dame Jacinda Ardern declined to be questioned publicly at a hearing on her Government’s response to Covid-19. File photo supplied Former Labour Government ministers including Dame Jacinda Ardern, former Health Minister Chris Hipkins and former Finance Minister Grant Robertson have declined to answer questions at a public hearing held as part of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Covid-19 Lessons. The public hearing was to…

Coalition parties slam former Labour ministers' no-show at Covid-19 public hearing

Jacinda Ardern, Chris Hipkins and Grant Robertson have all refused to appear, leading the Royal Commission to cancel next week's public hearing.

Ardern, former ministers decline to appear at Covid inquiry

A public hearing for decision-makers in the Covid-19 pandemic has been scrapped because former ministers - including former PM Jacinda Ardern -...