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Politicians on both sides of the House have found what they wanted from the mammoth final report into New Zealand's Covid-19 response.
ACT blasted the previous Labour government for being power-hungry, New Zealand First maintained its reservations about the inquiry, but Labour defended the response as world-leading, and the Greens said it saved lives.
The second phase of the Covid-19 Inquiry found the government's response during the pandemic was effective, but slow to adapt to changing circumstances, and not communicated well enough to people.
The 530-plus-page report, released today, found many of the decisions at the time were balanced, reasonable and evidence-based, but that the public was not always brought on board.
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