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# Questions That Need to Be Asked
- URL: https://goodoil.news/questions-that-need-to-be-asked/
- Published: 2021-12-09T19:30:00.000Z
- Updated: 2021-12-09T01:27:37.000Z
- Author: Reproduced with permission
- Tags: NZ, NZ Politics, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-17 01:31

**Don Brash**   
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*Don Brash was Reserve Bank Governor from 1988 to 2002, and National Party Leader from 2003 to 2006*

Section 22 of the COVID-19 Public Health Response Amendment Act (No 2) 2021, that became law on November 19, gives the Police Commissioner the power to appoint a Maori warden, a nominated representative of an iwi organisation, a Pasifika warden, or a community patroller to monitor Covid-19 compliance.

Police should publish the selection process used to appoint non-Police personnel to enforce compliance with Covid-19 regulations at roadblocks. The location of all road blockade sites should continue to be published each day along with a full statement of what Police supervision means at such Covid-19 roadblocks including all policy and training manuals for Police and all Police training records.

The public should also be provided with answers to the following questions:

- Have the Police conducted criminal background checks on non-Police personnel manning the checkpoints?
- What is Police policy when convicted criminals are to be included in these blockades?
- Can the Government guarantee that non-Police blockade members are double-vaccinated and have had public health and safety training, including training in the use of Covid-19 protective gear, and in the legally required traffic management skills?
- What steps can members of the public undertake in self-defence or otherwise when not feeling safe at blockades manned by non-Police personnel?
- What will the Police do to prevent the exposure of the travelling public to Covid-infected non-Police road blockaders?

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