Unlawful, but necessary and reasonable: making sense of the High Court ruling on the lockdown

In choosing to lead with the threat that Covid-19 poses the High Court makes it abundantly clear that it is going to cut the government a lot of slack when reviewing the overall legality of its actions in response, writes Andrew Geddis. Probably the most famous opening to a court judgment is to be found … Read more

Covid-free New Zealand: There are now ZERO active Covid-19 cases in the country

The elimination strategy has succeeded with the announcement that there are now zero known active cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand for the first time since it arrived in the country in late February.  The number of active cases has been dropping since it peaked in early April with 929 active cases, and now, after … Read more