Neil Sands The covid-19 royal commission says it has no knowledge of a suppression order that would prevent Labour leader Chris Hipkins from appearing at a public hearing to detail his decision-making during the pandemic. Plans for a public hearing were scrapped last month after Hipkins, former Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, her deputy Grant Robertson and ex-health minister Ayesha Verrall all declined to appear and answer questions in public. Hipkins, who was Minister for Covid-19 Response, ...
