orginal article is here… https://nzdsos.com/2026/02/01/barry-young-a-hero-of-our-times/

ByMary Hobbs1 February, 2026Reading Time: 16 minutes

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Many people, especially ignorant people, want to punish you for speaking the truth, for being correct, for being you. Never apologize for being correct, or for being years ahead of your time. If you’re right and you know it, speak your mind. Speak your mind.

– Mahatma Gandhi

Barry Young – A Hero of our Times

Barry Young has become an international hero, although he would be the first to say that he just did what any caring soul would do. As has been mentioned in many articles since this furore began, Barry was formerly employed as a Senior Database Administrator at Health New Zealand (HNZ) that operates separately – although is understood to be ultimately accountable – to the Ministry of Health (MOH). He was tasked to create and maintain a database that included the date and place experimental gene-technology injections were given and date of death for any who died. In 2023, Barry became very concerned about patterns in the mortality data. He has often commented that he hoped he was wrong.

He has publicly said he reported his findings within HNZ and wrote to every MP. He had also approached veteran reporter Liz Gunn as he felt every moment counted, and couldn’t bear to continue to look at what he perceived the statistics revealed, knowing it could be endangering New Zealanders. They had poured over the anonymised statistical data in great detail, to confirm Barry was not mistaken and reached out to world experts in the field who examined the data and confirmed Barry’s findings. Liz and Barry made it public.

Barry was suspended on Friday, 1 December, 2023. And as has been widely reported, on the Sunday Barry returned home from the supermarket with food for his dog to see eight armed police in his backyard. Within moments he was roughly arrested, handcuffed and shoved into the back seat of a police car. The police had battered his door down and commenced an exhaustive search of his home. A mild-mannered man, Barry hadn’t resisted arrest, and had only been armed with a dog-roll. There was no need to destroy the door, as he said he would have willingly given them the keys. Despite it all, Barry fought to remain positive, later quipping that at least his mislaid passport had turned up during the raid.

Barry appeared in court the following Monday, 4 December 2023, charged with “Accessing a computer system for dishonest purposes”. He spent two nights in prison before being released on bail. Many New Zealanders are still struggling to see how Barry could possibly be accused of such a charge when, at substantial risk to himself, he bravely spoke out to warn New Zealanders of his serious concerns to public health safety.

Initially there were claims that privacy had been breached, although the Prime Minister wasted no time in publicly announcing on national television that no confidential patient data had been disclosed. No apology to Barry, no reinstatement, no reparations. Nor, from what could be seen, any apparent effort to follow the Protected Disclosures (Protection of Whistleblowers) Act 2022.  There was no public announcement by HNZ, or the MOH, that the experimental gene-tech therapy jab would immediately be halted while the data was urgently reviewed, or that they would allay Barry’s concerns with factual evidence, or confirm his findings.

The gene-tech jab, that was at the centre of this uproar, continued to be given. It is understood that since 2023 there has still been no investigation of the data that concerned Barry, although apparently an OIA disclosed the government has spent over two million dollars on the court case. So, over $2 million dollars spent on legal proceedings without first confirming whether Barry’s concerns were correct. It is now over two years since the data was made public and HNZ has admitted they haven’t reviewed the leaked data.

NZDSOS logged an update in an article on 15 December 2025, making some important points: Barry, a former Health NZ employee, is up for accessing and disseminating internal COVID-19 vaccine rollout data. He has pleaded not guilty in the Wellington District Court, as his motives were rooted in concerns about deaths, especially obvious to him as clusters, following modified RNA injections. His public disclosure saw almost immediate violent police response, impossibly quick for them to have done the required examination of any mitigation and his possible defences (as required by the Crimes Act to prevent vexatious prosecution); a basic human rights analysis; nor assessment of his whistleblower protections.

After Barry’s rough arrest and the ensuing search that upended the contents of the family home – and still no investigation of the data Barry provided – most sentient New Zealanders have been left wondering why the experimental gene-tech jab continues to be given when it has been proven it can cause harm and/or death, while Barry is subjected to court cases for years, as Crown Law forensically inspect details that don’t save lives. What is the purpose of their actions? Isn’t the senior intention of the Protected (Protection of Whistleblowers) Disclosures Act to protect brave individuals like Barry who, in good faith, come forward at great risk, with everything to lose and nothing to gain by speaking up in an attempt to help protect others from potential harm and death?

The government didn’t appear to dispute the accuracy of his data — just apparently his right to disclose it. But as a decent, ethical human being who wanted to protect New Zealanders from serious harm/death, wasn’t he duty-bound to urgently make it public?

As NZDSOS commented: It is becoming widely regarded that if New Zealand’s Government and Mainstream News Media can only attack anyone or anything that threatens their narrative – they are confessing that their ‘truth’ is built on a house of cards. Barry Young, whistleblower of Health New Zealand, has provided a compelling argument for why he had to do what he did in the name of public health safety. [They also noted what seemed to be an attempt to unsettle Barry on the morning of the court case]:The Wellington District Court recently admitted disclosure documents by the New Zealand police at the last minute which hit Young hard before the start of Thursday’s hearing at the Wellington District Court. Accountability appears to be imminently needed. Watch here [from 1:23].
Another good report by GoodOil can be seen here.Photo Credit: © Mary Hobbs

Truth alone will endure; all the rest will be swept away before the tide of time

– Mahatma Gandhi

Barry recently noted that the government hasn’t released any of their other datasets to refute what was found. The public were left wondering why, as surely that would have immediately closed the story down. Many ask if it was because none of their datasets refuted what was found? A press release confirming the immediate suspension of the experimental injection until Barry’s claims were thoroughly investigated would have also been helpful. If he was wrong, Barry could have heaved a great sigh of relief that he had been mistaken and all would be well. But that didn’t happen.

This all occurred in late 2023. I wrote about it here and here. The Daily Telegraph has also reported on it extensively since 2023 as have the majority of alternative media. The case has been languishing, so the above information is a refresher of the many articles that remain freely available in NZ and around the world. The ‘treatment’ by government has also been covered in detail on many platforms including FreeNZ, NZDSOS, The Daily Telegraph, Counterspin, RCR, Café Locked Out Steve Kirsch, Brighteon, Andrew Bridgen, and more.

On 11 December 2025 Barry appeared in court again at what is apparently a pre-trial. The Daily Telegraph reported: . . . the Hearing will determine whether Young qualifies for protected-disclosure status under New Zealand law. If the judge rules in his favour, the prosecution collapses immediately. If not, Young faces the prospect of a lengthy trial. Supporters argue that denying him whistleblower status would set a dangerous precedent allowing governments to criminalise employees who expose potential wrongdoing . . .

On 26 November 2025, NZDSOS wrote an article emphasising the importance of this mini trial, not only for New Zealanders, but also the world: “The voir dire (a formal “speak-the-truth” mini-trial on a make-or-break issue) will examine whether Barry had “reasonable grounds” to make a protected disclosure under the Protected Disclosures (Protection of Whistleblowers) Act 2022. The Protected Disclosures Act was designed to protect ordinary workers, not experts, who witness wrongdoing in their workplaces. The test is whether a reasonable person in Barry’s position would have grounds for concern. If the court rules that only those with specialised expertise can have “reasonable grounds” to raise concerns, it effectively nullifies whistleblower protection for most New Zealand workers. A factory worker who spots safety violations. A care worker who observes neglect. An administrator who notices financial irregularities. None would have legal standing to speak up.

From a common-sense point of view, supporters are finding it a substantial challenge to understand why Barry is being charged with anything at all. If Barry loses, and is found not to ‘qualify’ as a whistleblower then who does? If one suspects harm and/or death linked to the administration of an experimental injection in the future would that mean that one would be required to train as a doctor or scientist before reporting serious concerns? And is this also an attempt to punish Barry further and perhaps frighten off others who may seek to invoke the Protected Disclosures (Protection of Whistleblowers) Act 2022?  The Act, to a lay person, looks like it was written for people like Barry.

Why, despite all the evidence of how dangerous this experimental jab is, does the NZ government doggedly continue to pay for it to be given, while punishing those who dare to speak out about the harm with expensive legal proceedings that drag on for years? Isn’t that a crime?

 Dr David Martin, a patents expert and bioweapons investigator, defines the genetic injection as a bioweapon. He should know as he was formerly employed by the US government to look for them in other countries. His second speech to the European Union Parliament is here. On 29 October 2025, NZDSOS published an article entitled Biowarfare posing as Public Health that backs Dr Martin’s view and adds: “. . .biowarfare was renamed ‘gain-of-function’ to obscure the industry and its criminal activities from public attention.” It also includes a link to “. . . Dr David Martin . . . who reported on a 2011 collusion between Dr Fauci’s NIAID, the Wellcome Trust, the Gates Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation and the Chinese Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The group established a mandate that by 2020 the world would ‘accept a universal vaccine’. . .”

The Pfizer contract the government signed may be a key reason why all pleas to discontinue this genetic injection have been ignored, despite an avalanche of factual data that shows harm and death. In a more recent article on 15 December 2025,  NZDSOS suggest the reason for this government inaction could be what NZDSOS now term as the Pfizer deference: “. . . But there is another kind of deference that has shaped public-health governance during the COVID-19 era — one not rooted in thoughtful statute but in the imperative to mass-vaccinate come Hell or high water, ploughing on even after clear evidence of harm appeared. The ‘successful’ rollout required a pervasive strategy to treat corporate evidence and political directives as the default, unchallengeable bedrock of covid policy and judicial reasoning. NZDSOS calls this pattern the Pfizer deference, where its anointed procurement contract rules every roost of relevance in New Zealand, but especially the Crown, the judiciary and regulatory bodies . . .

The treatment of Barry Young is the most vivid example of how this pattern plays out. A person who moved to save lives now finds himself defending against criminal charges, rather than being protected under the whistleblower statute that was supposed to shield exactly this kind of disclosure.If the Crown imagines it can keep the implications of Barry’s insights suppressed, that ship has sailed. Various much larger data sets show conclusively (and without refutation) that the covid jab, encompassing a whole-of-government enablement, is the most dangerous medical product ever.”

An NZDSOS article on Lawfare, highlights the lockstep formation of this strategy throughout the world and seems to provide a further clue. Again, is the law being used to try to punish a New Zealander of goodwill for trying to do the right thing?

Lawyer Sue Grey, who stepped up beside Barry to help interpret the legalese, was informed immediately beforehand that she wouldn’t be able to enter the court unless she confirmed she was “vaccinated.” That was quietly dropped. Sue commented that the Crown has also indicated it is “likely to appeal if it gets a decision it doesn’t like.” Supporters wonder if that means if the government does not agree with the Judge’s decision will they — before they have studied the data —use more taxpayer money to drag this out further, perhaps until after the elections? Or until the next ‘plandemic’?

It does give one cause to ponder if there will soon be a big show of this injection being withdrawn with government stating ‘medical activities’ will be left up to doctors, without making it clear the definition of medical activity has been redefined in clause 8 of the proposed Gene Technology Bill. And – if this becomes law – where that ‘definition’ includes “an activity involving administering a regulated organism or gene technology”. It also allows for experimentation. (A detailed breakdown of the dangers of the medical side of the Gene Tech legislation can be found here. Scroll to clause 242 as well to see how hazardous substances are included in a ‘special emergency’. It also enables compulsory medication.) How many patients would know those ‘definitions’?

NZDSOS have been subjected to a version of the Lawfare they describe through the Medical Council (MCNZ) and in the courts. Liz Gunn and her cameraman were viciously assaulted and arrested by the police when they were simply waiting to greet friends from overseas who they and other Kiwis helped, when they refused to be force-jabbed and withstood house arrest for over a year because of their stance. Liz and Jonathan were subsequently put through dragged-out court cases, while the police who assaulted the pair – Liz sustained a fractured wrist – walked off scot-free. Kelvin Alp and Hannah Spierer of Counterspin Media also suffered a vicious arrest and ongoing court appearances for apparently just forwarding a link that was retrospectively forbidden.Photo Credit: © Mary Hobbs

Truth alone will endure; all the rest will be swept away before the tide of time

– Mahatma Gandhi

There is also another aspect: Do those who are working in Public Health, or anywhere in government, who weren’t included in over 11,000 exemptions from the jab  — prefer to think that Barry is wrong because they don’t want to confront the damage it may have caused to them? If so, wouldn’t it be better to face that so constructive alternative treatment can be given before it is too late?

Distrust in government appears to be at an all-time high and has been for the past six years at least. As mentioned, to date, the government has spent millions on Barry’s court case but hasn’t investigated what Barry reported, and the experimental gene-tech jabs continue to be given, despite the avalanche of facts that show they are unsafe and ineffective. NZDSOS, RCR, The Health Forum and many others have compiled outstanding reports for the Royal Commission of Inquiry 2, and made them freely available. NZDSOS has also written many Open Letters to key MPs that verify the danger of this experimental therapy.

Ironically, in an entirely separate issue, on January 2026, news broke that the Manage My Health Patient portal, had a shocking leak of patient data. This portal is promoted as being an avenue where “managing your health has never been easier” and “With Manage My Health, you can take control of your well-being from wherever you are, whenever you need it.”  (It now seems that so can anyone else.) It is understood that HNZ provides the secure digital identity service that Manage My Health (MMH) uses to authenticate users and MMH is a private company. Apparently, the HNZ digital identity service data wasn’t breached but it seems a little too close for comfort. Dr Bryce Edwards wrote an informative piece on this that reveals scant attention to the security of patient records. So far, according to Dr Edwards, it has been admitted that the site has been hacked and 430,000 medical documents were stolen. 127,000 patients have medical records that are now with hackers. A ransom for USD$60,000 has been received. The CEO, Mr Vino Ramayah, accepted responsibility for the cyber breach and is reportedly prepared to resign. A person commenting under the pseudonym “Freedom” on this news story by the Daily Telegraph asked AI for further information and copied that answer into his response. Take from it what you will, but it appears to align with Dr Edwards article and is disquieting to see what can potentially unravel when government outsources such services to private corporations and arranges for a private company (in this case one man, according to Dr Edwards) to manage the health records of 1.8 million New Zealanders. It tends to blow any shred of trust for digital IDs out of the water. Outsourcing by government – all care, no responsibility?

Compare that to Barry’s story: His information was anonymised. The Prime Minister confirmed there was no leak of patient data, but despite that he was arrested, sacked, put in jail for two nights and since 2023 has been enduring lengthy court cases. Yet the government — with links to this private company (Manage My Health) through their digital identity service — appears to be treating an actual leak of private health data on 127,000 New Zealanders with some sort of airy review or investigation, while casually warning people who were hacked to watch their bank accounts to ensure those are not also hacked. (Ironically, if you were lucky enough not to be hacked, the MyHealth leak is really a gift to New Zealanders, for it gives nation-wide advertising on why all of us should say a definitive NO to any digital IDs.)

New Zealanders work hard. They pay ever-increasing taxes. They pay for Crown Law, Judges and courts and the rest of government. What they want to see in return is that genuine Justice is done and is seen to be done and that the government doesn’t interfere and represents New Zealanders, not global cabals or big pharma.

When Barry appeared for the court-case in December 2025, he looked calm and upbeat. More than a hundred wonderful New Zealanders were there to support his brave stand. They held whistles and vigorously blew them in support. Large banners were waved with messages impossible to miss and the mood was up-beat and positive.

The public were forbidden to enter the public gallery in the court-room. But isn’t the public gallery there so people may see justice being done? Why was it closed to the public? What would they see? Justice not being done? The entrance to the court-room had a glass partition that was covered with paper. Why was that? To avoid lip-readers? What is happening? The public pay the bills. They have a right to know.

Barry commented that the destruction of our good laws are happening in real time. He gave the key examples of the Protected Disclosures (Whistleblowers) Act and the New Zealand Bill of Rights.

Barry’s case has major implications for all New Zealanders. Turning up outside the court in time for his next appearance gives him the support he so richly deserves, as does talking about it to others, as that helps keep the focus on what is happening — and the implications of it for everyone in New Zealand and around the world. Barry’s next court appearance is scheduled for 3 February 2026. It is pencilled in for a 3.45pm start, although it is very possible that may be changed. It is understood this will just be procedural – to work out a forward plan. If you are planning to attend, it would be wise to seek confirmation of the date and time before making travel arrangements.

There are other unsung heroes in this story: Barry’s wife, Cathy and his family who, despite immense challenges and sacrifices, have steadfastly supported Barry in his stand and are immensely proud of him. New Zealanders who know his story are, too.

Barry stood up. He spoke out when it crucially counted without regard to the personal repercussions. His compass points true north with values that include integrity, empathy and compassion, which is why he wasn’t able to remain silent when he saw what the statistics revealed. He did not want to be an unwitting accomplice. He blew the whistle and dared to make it public to help warn fellow New Zealanders and the world.

Barry recently said they can take his home, they can jail him, but they cannot take his heart. He is not in fear. “The only thing to fear is fear itself.”

Barry is tall, but has grown immeasurably in stature since all this began, for he speaks truth. His gaze is direct and his warmth and empathy easily apparent. He has no lies to try to remember. He had deep concerns. He spoke out because he cared and because it mattered. He is a New Zealander who tried to do the right thing.

Ironically, the government continues to shoot itself in the foot, as the more they throw at Barry – ransacking searches, arrests, dragged out court cases, lawfare, obfuscation, curve balls, document dumps at the last minute and more – the stronger he becomes, and the more light is shone on any injustice, for the world to witness.

It is impossible to muddy the aura of truth and decency around a soul who speaks out to help save others, regardless of personal cost. He’s that guy who will run towards you to help save you on this current battlefield of life when most are running away.

New Zealanders: It is now time to support Barry. Stand up. Speak out. Make your voice heard.

Just imagine how powerful it would be if all in Health New Zealand and the Ministry of Health, who are aware of the same information Barry reported, now stood beside Barry and spoke out with him — as well as those in Crown Law, the courts, and the police. What a fantastic day that would be for our country — and the world!

It is not too late to do that. Almost, but not quite yet.

What a country we would have!Photo Credit: © Mary Hobbs

When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall… think of it, always.

– Mahatma Gandhi