19 May 2022

Expert on the future of the Covid-19 Response Act

From Morning Report, 8:44 am on 19 May 2022

Covid-19 Response Minsiter Chris Hipkins says he has always felt uncomfortable about the extraordinary powers given to government under the Covid-19 Public Health Response Act.

He told the Health Select Committee that the Act was only ever intended to be a temporary piece of legislation.

Otago University law professor Andrew Geddis spoke to Susie Ferguson about the future of the Act.