Brooke van Velden: Internal Affairs Minister responds to Chris Hipkins' claims about the Covid inquiry
Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive · Newstalk ZB
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There's claims comments by Chris Hipkins on the Covid inquiry are 'unhelpful' and 'divisive'.
The Labour leader said the terms of reference for the second phase - currently underway - provide a platform for conspiratorial views.
He pointed out they exclude decisions made when New Zealand First was in Government .
But Internal Affairs Minister, Brooke van Velden, told Ryan Bridge the terms were expanded so people felt listened to.
"They wanted the inquiry to be fulsome and to find the truth so that when we have another pandemic, we have less division and we have a better response."
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