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Curious about the legal implications of the lockdown? Do you want to know more on the New Zealand Government’s legal framework during this COVID-19 situation and what it means for us in the future?

In the sixth episode of the series, our Faculty of Law academics; Geoff McLay, Nessa Lynch, Eddie Clark and Dean Knight continue the discussion on the legal implications of the government’s response to COVID-19.

- Criminal court protocols under Alert Level 2—balancing expediency with procedural rights
- State surveillance, social licence and facial recognition technology
- New Alert Level 2 words—will we ever really replace “bubbles"?
- Are church services allowed as “services” or banned as “gatherings"?
- Update on what didn’t happen in the Borrowdale case this week
- Happenings around Parliament—COVID-19 Public Health Response Act and the Epidemic Response Committee
- Document dumps and government openness