Start of lockdown unlawful but necessary, reasonable

The High Court has declared the first nine days of the national lockdown was an unlawful breach of the Bill of Rights Act, but was a “necessary, reasonable and proportionate response” to the covid-19 pandemic at the time. Once an order was issued by the director-general of health, those restrictions were lawful.Former parliamentary counsel Andrew Borrowdale had sought the ruling. He also challenged the reach of the health orders issued after the initial nine days, and the delegation to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employ...