Ex-TV presenter ordered to pay $148k over 'misleading' Covid videos

Otago Daily Times

Thursday, 20 March 2025

https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/ex-tv-presenter-ordered-pay-148k-over-misleading-covid-videos

By Jeremy Wilkinson

A former TVNZ presenter and doctor has had her medical registration cancelled and been ordered to pay more than $148,000 after posting Covid-19 misinformation to her YouTube channel which racked up around 18 million views.

While the Health Practitioner’s Disciplinary Tribunal (HPDT) issued Samantha Bailey with its ruling last year, the outcome of the years-long investigation into her conduct was only publicly released yesterday.

Christchurch’s Bailey, who was previously one of four presenters on the TVNZ health series The Checkup, posted videos to her channel commenting on the “mythology” of the vaccine’s efficacy while touting her medical and science education.

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