Summaries of each engagement will be published in the coming days.
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- Te Pūkenga Here Tikanga Mahi – Public Service Association as a trade union that represents and supports more than 95,000 workers across central government, state-owned enterprises, local councils, health boards, and community groups within Aotearoa New Zealand.
- Chief Executives from port companies across Aotearoa New Zealand as the leaders of companies that provide essential infrastructure in Aotearoa New Zealand’s supply chain.
- General Practitioner Leaders’ forum as representatives from key peak bodies in the general medical practice. The Inquiry met with:
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- General Practice Owners Association as a not-for-profit membership association representing the owners and providers of Aotearoa New Zealand's general practices and urgent care centres.
- Hauora Taiwhenua Rural Health Network as a collective organisation who advocate for the health and wellbeing of rural New Zealanders.
- Tōpūtanga Tapuhi Kaitiaki o Aotearoa | New Zealand Nurses Organisation as the representative body for more than 55,000 nurses and health workers.
- Te Whare Tohu Rata o Aotearoa | Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners as Aotearoa New Zealand’s largest medical college with a membership of 6,000 general practitioners, rural hospital doctors, and registrars.
- General Practitioners Aotearoa as a membership organisation that represents and advocates for general practitioners and doctors working within general practice.
- Ohu Kaupare Huaketo | Vaccine Alliance Aotearoa New Zealand as a collective of academics who were tasked with rapidly progressing Aotearoa New Zealand’s capability and capacity to develop and manufacture a COVID-19 vaccine.
- Te Kauae Kaimahi | New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Affiliate Unions as the united voice for working people and their families, bringing together 27 affiliated unions.
- Hospitality New Zealand as a voluntary trade association representing 2,500 hospitality and commercial accommodation businesses.
- New Zealand Nurses Organisation as the union and professional body for nursing in Aotearoa New Zealand.
- Organisations and associations representing teachers and principals:
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- Ngā Tumuaki o Aotearoa | New Zealand Principals’ Federation as a representative body supporting more than 2,000 principals from state, integrated, primary, intermediate, middle and secondary schools.
- Te Wehengarua | Post Primary Teachers’ Association as a professional association and union of teachers and principals committed to improving secondary education for New Zealand students.
- Ngā Tamariki Puāwai o Tāmaki | Auckland Kindergarten Association as a charitable organisation that provides quality Early Childhood Education for kindergartens and Early Learning Centres.
- Te Aho o Te Kura Pounamu (Te Kura) as Aotearoa New Zealand’s state distance education provider that offers a wide range of programmes from early childhood through to NCEA Level 3.
- Voices for Freedom as a not-for-profit grassroots advocacy organisation that has been vocal about Aotearoa New Zealand’s COVID-19 response.
- As part of an ambulance forum:
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- Hato Hone St John Ambulance as a charitable organisation that is at the frontline of medical response providing ambulance and other health-related services throughout Aotearoa New Zealand.
- Wellington Free Ambulance as a provider of free ambulance and healthcare services for the Greater Wellington and Wairarapa regions.
