Former Minister refuse to appear before Covid-19 Royal Commission

Jacinda Ardern, Chris Hipkins, Grant Roberston, and Ayesha Verrall have all colluded and decided to decline to give evidence at the COVID-19 Royal Commission public hearings.

The ‘Podium of Truth’ has become the ‘Podium of Evasion’.

These former ministers do not want to sit in…

— Winston Peters (@winstonpeters) August 13, 2025

The former Ministers spent $60 billion of taxpayers’s money and imposed massive restrictions on New Zealander’s rights as part of the Covid-19 response. They are now refusing to answer questions on their decision making, unless it is done in secret, rather than in public.

This is such a huge contempt for the public. They were happy to stand up at the podium of truth every day, announcing their decisions. But they refuse to front up in public to answer questions on those decisions.

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