Update New Zealand 08-29-22
I have some funny information to share with you today, as the association did receive a response back from the government, from their letter. So, lots of great information today and a little bit more of what we’re seeing around the country.
So, good morning, New Zealand chiropractors and allied health professionals. My name is Bharon Hoag. I am the Executive Director of the Chiropractic Defense Council, coming to you today, Monday, August 29th, 2022, for your weekly update.
Hopefully you’re having a great week. Pretty comical, I should say somewhat expected, we got a very generic response back from the letter that was issued by the association to the government. Basically pleading with them, not even really pleading with them, more demanding them to repeal all of the mandates because they no longer had justification for that. And if they were going to maintain it, then they needed to supply some type of evidence that supported the continued repression that was happening for our allied and chiropractic providers there in New Zealand.
It came back with a very generic standard response as if they didn’t even read it. As they should have, the association immediately kicked back a response calling that out, stating that it doesn’t appear that they’ve even considered or read the information and that they expect a more appropriate response back to the questions issued.
So, I’m not optimistic that this is going to cause any massive change, but we just wanted to join the fight with all of the other individuals that are sending letters, open letters to the government, to the Ministry of Health, trying to get them to understand that it’s time to start removing it. The rest of the country is doing it. It’s time for New Zealand to do it as well. So, we’re still waiting on that.
I will tell you, it’s been very quiet. We still do not have a single person that we’re aware of that has been forced to pay any fine that’s been issued. There are no new fines that have been issued. So again, we’re just going to continue to recommend you keep pressing forward, keep doing your thing.
The minute anything happens, reach out to us. Our team is ready and we’ll make sure that things are done. But at this point, the government is pretty much just turning a blind eye to everything. They’re not removing any of these mandates, which would be fantastic.
Although we did hear that there was going to be a change coming in September, we have no idea what that is. Obviously we’re very close to that. We’ll see if something happens prior to then, but as of right now, we’re still waiting to hear what may or may not happen in that regard.
So, keep moving forward. We got your back. We always have, we always will. We want you to continue to love and serve in your community and know that you have a support system behind you.
You have not, and you never will be alone because we’re here for you. So, we love you. Thank you for supporting us. Thank you for being a part of this. Thank you for watching these videos weekly, and I’m doing my best to get you the most current information I can, as we get it.
So, have an incredible remainder of your week. Continue to love and serve. Serve out of a sense of abundance, because at the end of the day, even in the midst of all this chaos, we are blessed far beyond what we deserve. So, we need to function as if we understand that and we can pull our energy and our resources out of knowing that we are blessed and we have the opportunity to bless others.
So, have an incredible week. God bless you. We’ll talk to you next week. Be well. (This is a computer-generated transcript. Please excuse any errors.)
