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Pharmacists cashed in: The COVID gold rush they don’t want you talking about

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Dec 04, 2025
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When the Government rolled out its COVID vaccination programme, most Kiwis assumed pharmacies were simply doing their bit for public health. What we were not told was that behind the scenes the jab programme turned into a lucrative cash cow for a select group of pharmacy owners who saw the pandemic not as a crisis, but as an opportuni…

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