Former prime minister of New Zealand Helen Clark.
Photo: 2018 Anadolu Agency
In its review, the Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response identified a systematic failing to protect people from Covid-19 - on both national and international levels.
New Zealand was named as one of the countries ordering up large on Covid-19 in a section warning of "vaccine nationalism", in which some richer countries had secured more vaccine courses than they had people. But the report also said New Zealand and other Asia-Pacific countries had an aggressive response to combating the virus, and lessons could be learned from them.
The panel recommended essential measures it believed would mitigate future pandemics.