On 17 December 2023, the Grand Jury hearing was held for the second tranche of Covid 19 criminal prosecutions. Evidence was presented to the Grand Jury by Te Kooti Wakanga Court of Justice Prosecutor for the Grand Jury to decide if there was sufficient evidence to indict NZ government politicians, scientists and medical professionals for crimes amounting to genocide under the constitution of He Wakaputanga. Article 7 of the Statute of Waitangi 2023 defines genocide as the following,
For this Statute, “genocide” means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, the national, ethnical, racial, or religious groups living within the territories of the United Tribes of New Zealand/Nui Tireni, and recognised as such in He Wakaputanga O Te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni:
(a) Killing members of the group;
(b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;
(c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;
(d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;
(e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.
(f) Coercing or in any way influencing a man, woman, or child to accept anything that may alter their life as understood to be human and their potential to maintain human life through their progeny.
The Forewoman of the Grand Jury after deliberating on the evidence presented by the Prosecutor reported that the Grand Jury was satisfied that there was sufficient evidence to progress the Grand Jury hearing to trials or tribunals in the new year of 2024 to prosecute for crimes of genocide.