NZ Nurse Fined $18,000 and Suspended for Criticising Mandates, Lockdowns

For the next 12 months, Debra Green must also let prospective employers know about the tribunal’s findings.

Police stand guard as protesters against COVID-19 vaccine mandates and restrictions gather near parliament grounds in Wellington, New Zealand, on March 2, 2022. Dave Lintott/AFP via Getty Images

A tribunal has told a New Zealand nurse she brought “discredit to the profession” for comments she made during an interview at a COVID-19 freedom demonstration in 2021.

At the rally, Debra Elizabeth Green spoke with Chantelle Baker, a self-styled social media journalist and a prominent opponent of government COVID-19 policy.