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1. [2024] NZEmpC 198 Fredricsen and anor v Air New Zealand Ltd and Air New Zealand Ltd v Fredricsen and anor [pdf, 305 KB]

   ...of aircrew under the Vaccination Order were required from 30 September 2021 to have received one dose of the Pfizer vaccine and a second within 35 days of the first dose.10 A pilot who received the Janssen vaccine was not recognised as being vaccinated under the Vaccinations Order.11 [18] Air NZ considered that all pilots operating a B787 aircraft were covered by the terms of the Vaccinations Order, as the aircraft flew long haul international flights. At this time Captains F...

2. Covid-Priority.docx [docx, 6.5 MB]

   ...2.1 Introduction 7 2.2 covid-19: the agreed facts guiding this inquiry 7 2.2.1 covid-19 generally 8 2.2.2 Relevant statistics for Maaori 8 (1) Health statistics 8 (2) Housing statistics 8 (3) Poverty 9 (4) Rural populations and covid-19 9 (5) Children 9 2.2.3 Vaccine and vaccinations 9 (1) Vaccine 9 (2) Vaccination rollout process 10 (3) Paediatric vaccine 10 (4) Vaccination rates 10 2.2.4 Whaanau hauaa/Taangata whaikaha 10 2.2.5 Delta variant outbreak and Maaori 11 (1) sars-cov-2 variants 11 (...

3. Covid-Priority-W.pdf [pdf, 2.2 MB]

   .................................................................................. 9 (4) Rural populations and COVID-19 ...................................... 9 (5) Children ............................................................................. 9 2.2.3 Vaccine and vaccinations .............................................................. 9 (1) Vaccine............................................................................... 9 (2) Vaccination rollout process ......................

4. COVID-19 (Vaccinations) Legislation Bill [pdf, 247 KB]

   LEGAL ADVICE LPA 01 01 24 23 November 2021 Hon David Parker, Attorney-General Consistency with the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990: COVID-19 (Vaccinations) Legislation Bill Purpose 1. We have considered whether the COVID-19 (Vaccinations) Legislation Bill (the Bill) is consistent with the rights and freedoms affirmed in the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 (the Bill of Rights Act). 2. We have not yet received a final version of the Bill. This advice has been prepared in...

5. [2025] NZEmpC 136 Tighe-Umbers v Jetconnect Limited [pdf, 223 KB]

   ...KING [1] In 2005, Captain Phillip Tighe-Umbers commenced employment with Jetconnect Limited as a pilot. Captain Tighe-Umbers was dismissed from his employment on 24 April 2022 for non-compliance with the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Vaccinations) Order 2021 (the vaccination order). Captain Tighe-Umbers unsuccessfully pursued a personal grievance claim in the Employment Relations Authority (the Authority) claiming that he was unjustifiably dismissed by Jetconnect....

6. [2024] NZEmpC 236 Devine v Heart Kids NZ Ltd [pdf, 204 KB]

   ...disadvantages in the course of her employment. The nature of those disadvantages is only generally described but it is sufficient for this judgment to record that they include: (a) An alleged failure to investigate the safety or efficiency of vaccination as required to comply with the Health and Safety at Work (General Risk and Workplace Management) Regulations 2016. (b) Alleged bullying by a senior employee. (c) A failure to comply with the duty to be a good employer in s 4 of...

7. [2023] NZEmpC 101 GF v Comptroller of Customs [pdf, 513 KB]

   ...February 2021 Guidance was used by Customs to inform decision-making around which of its workers would be captured in the initial roll-out, identified as “Tier 1” workers. Customs considered that ACOMs fell within the Tier 1 group, and had to be vaccinated if they were to continue in their role. [4] Customs was well aware that there may be some resistance to the roll-out amongst staff. It adopted a three-pronged strategy – educate, expect and support. The strategy had a...

8. [2025] NZEmpC 2 Young v Port of Tauranga Ltd [pdf, 236 KB]

   ...Port of Tauranga Ltd [2024] NZERA 26 (Member Fuiava). [4] There are three key issues: (a) whether it was reasonable for the Port to conclude that Mr Young was an affected person according to sch 2 of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Vaccinations) Order 2021; (b) whether Mr Young held a valid exemption from vaccination; and (c) whether the Port’s process leading up to and including the dismissal of Mr Young was what a fair and reasonable employer could have done in...

9. Edmondson v Accident Compensation Corporation (Personal Injury) [2024] NZACC 183 (19 November 2024) [pdf, 212 KB]

   ...This is an appeal from the decision of a Reviewer dated 22 March 2024. The Reviewer dismissed an application for review of the Corporation’s decision dated 17 July 2023 revoking deemed cover for acute pericarditis caused by the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine and declining cover for acute pericarditis as a treatment injury.1 1 Acute pericarditis is a painful inflammation of the fluid-filled pouch surrounding the heart. 2 Background [2] On 17 November 2021, Ms Edmondson had her f...

10. [2021] NZEmpC 216 VMR v Aviation Security Service (AvSec) division of Civil Aviation Authority [pdf, 204 KB]

    ...admissibility of an affidavit tendered by the plaintiffs for the purpose of a challenge concerning interim reinstatement. [2] The affidavit was taken from a general practitioner (GP), Dr Sophie Febery, and concerns a variety of issues about COVID-related vaccines. I will explain the scope of her evidence more fully shortly. [3] The plaintiffs applied for interim reinstatement to their former positions after being dismissed because they chose not to be vaccinated. Their applicatio...