Govt drops legally challenged vax mandates

Govt drops legally challenged vax mandates
Hipkins: wrong to ask parliament to validate what the courts had questioned. (Image: Getty)
Ian Llewellyn
Covid health orders which faced successful legal action have not been rolled over by the government as ministers decide whether to reinforce them or let them die.On Tuesday, MPs debated a motion approving 12 orders made under the covid public health legislation.Covid-19 response minister Chris Hipkins said they did not include a rollover of the orders which implemented the vaccination mandates for police and defence force personnel.Last week, the high court in Wellington ruled those mandates went a step too far in that they were used to ensure...

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