Main Report – Phase Two Pūrongo matua – Wāhanga Tuarua Home Reports Phase Two Main Report Listen Report Menu Phase Two Main Report Introduction Foreword Acknowledgments Summary of the report Navigating our reports Part 1: Setting the scene 1.0 Royal Commission of Inquiry into COVID-19 Lessons Learned 1.1 Overview of Phase Two 1.2 The legal context 1.3 The policy context 1.4 The pandemic context: when strategy met virus Part 2: Key decisions – our assessments and findings 2.0 Introduction: the role of Phase Two and our approach 2.1 Vaccine safety and approvals 2.2 Vaccine mandates 2.3 Procurement, development and distribution of testing technologies 2.4 Lockdowns in late 2021 2.5 Conclusion to Part 2 Part 3: Improving New Zealand’s pandemic resilience – lessons and recommendations from COVID-19 3.0 Introduction 3.1 Lesson One: Systems that promote good government decision-making 3.2 Lesson Two: Legislation – the guardrail for fundamental rights and freedoms 3.3 Lesson Three: Agile and robust economic policy 3.4 Lesson Four: Readiness for social impacts and post-pandemic recovery 3.5 Reflecting on the lessons Appendices Appendix 1: Understanding the science of vaccines Appendix 2: Lockdown decisions and criteria for changing Alert Levels Glossary Main Report Download report | 16 MB Whītiki Aotearoa: further lessons from COVID-19 to prepare Aotearoa New Zealand for a future pandemic Whitiki Aotearoa: Ngā akoranga atu anō mai i te KOWHEORI‑19 hei whakarite i Aotearoa mō tētahi mate urutā ā muri ake Introduction Find out more Part 1: Setting the scene Find out more Part 2: Key decisions – our assessments and findings Find out more Part 3: Improving New Zealand’s pandemic resilience – lessons and recommendations from COVID-19 Find out more Appendices Find out more Next