New Zealand High Court: Vaccine Mandate Not ‘Demonstrably Justified,’ Breach of Rights

Police and defence force staff challenge upheld

Police stop vehicles to heading north on state highway one at Warkworth in Auckland, New Zealand, on April 09, 2020. Fiona Goodall/Getty Images

The New Zealand High Court has upheld a challenge to a vaccine mandate for Police and Defence Force staff, stating that it was not a “demonstrably justified” breach of the Bill of Rights.

Justice Francis Cooke was asked by a group of Police and Defence Force personnel to judicially review the vaccine mandate enacted under the COVID-19 Public Health Response Act in December.