On 3rd December 2021, New Zealands Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s ‘Traffic light system’ was implemented (Segregation Day).
Unvaccinated people were barred from cafe’s, gyms, sports events, and many were mandated out of their jobs.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19_Protection_Framework (traffic lt system)
It eventually leaked out that it was never about containing covid at all, but to ‘nudge’ people to get vaccinated
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/10/new-zealand-not-prepared-for-omicron-outbreak-expected-in-matter-of-weeks-experts-warn (The moneyshot is about halfway through the article)
Later on, Jacinda’s replacement, Chris Hipkins denied there was any compulsion involved as in the video below…
Three years on, people have ‘moved on’ and this is mostly all a distant memory.
I’ve posted this here for posterity.
Update for 2024
Teacher mandates got lifted officially on 5 April 2022, but there are various problems.
People that got mandated out were still pissed off about the whole thing, and wanted recognition that the mandates were wrong, but that isn’t happening. This means they haven’t got a good attitude towards a prospective employer, and they probably dont want their old job back anyway, because they have lost a lot of trust after what happened.
The nursing profession is similar. The mandates got lifted on 26 September 2022, but ‘the war on covid’ continued in the eyes of the powers that be within the Health dept, so in reality, most didn’t get or want their job back.
I personally know several people that got mandated out of their jobs.
They were just shocked at what happened to them at the time. (I cant empathise that enough).
Nowadays, it has evolved into sadness about their experiences.
Uncoffined 
So, is the vaccine still compulsory for teachers and healthcare workers in New Zealand, or have they lifted that requirement?
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Teacher mandates got lifted officially on 4 April 2022, but there are various problems
People that got mandated out were still pissed off about the whole thing, and want recognition that the mandates were wrong, but that isn’t happening. This means they haven’t got a good attitude towards a prospective employer, and they probably dont want their old job back anyway, because they have lost a lot of trust after what happened.
The nursing profession is similar. The mandates got lifted on 26 September 2022, but ‘the war on covid’ continued in the eyes of the powers that within the Health dept, so in reality, most didn’t get or want their job back
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So it seems there are still some unresolved issues. Hopefully one day, both sides will come to some mutual understanding.
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