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High Court finds in government's favour over lockdown case

David Parker says the government can be confident in the orders it made about lockdown.

Brent Edwards Wed, 19 Aug 2020

The High Court in Wellington has rejected the claim by lawyer Andrew Borrowdale that the level 4 and 3 lockdowns in March and April were unlawful.

However, it did find that for the first nine days of lockdown when people stayed at home under the threat of enforcement, there was an unlawful

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Brent Edwards Wed, 19 Aug 2020
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