NZ High Court - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 29 Aug 2022 09:58:12 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg NZ High Court - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Church restrictions in red setting were justified, High Court rules https://cathnews.co.nz/2022/08/29/church-restrictions-covid-high-court/ Mon, 29 Aug 2022 07:54:08 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=151127 The Government was justified in blocking churches from holding large gatherings during the red traffic light setting under the Government's Covid-19 response, the High Court has ruled. But a group of churches say the restrictions essentially forced them to excommunicate members and seriously infringed on the separation of Church and State. The measures included imposing Read more

Church restrictions in red setting were justified, High Court rules... Read more]]> The Government was justified in blocking churches from holding large gatherings during the red traffic light setting under the Government's Covid-19 response, the High Court has ruled.

But a group of churches say the restrictions essentially forced them to excommunicate members and seriously infringed on the separation of Church and State.

The measures included imposing limits on the size of the gatherings depending on whether attendees had Covid vaccination certificates (CVCs). Read more

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