Police have arrested one person after a raid on a Canterbury signage business that was allegedly producing fraudulent vaccine passes.
Officers made the arrest at the business on Wednesday morning after Stuff said a reporter was given a fake vaccine pass.
The arrests come on the back of a Canterbury doctor being deregistered after Newshub filmed her issuing COVID-19 vaccine medical certificate exemptions to people who didn't want to get jabbed.
Dr Jonie Girouard was issuing the certificates out of her weight loss clinic in Kaiapoi, and even boasted they were so good they had foiled border security.
The My Vaccine Pass is the official record of someone's COVID-19 vaccination status and allows access to places that require proof of immunisation under the new COVID-19 Protection Framework.
Buying and selling vaccine certificates is a criminal offence and carries a penalty of up to six months in prison.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said venues aren't obliged to scan passes, and can just visually site them.
