10 Facts About Claire Deeks

Claire Ann Deeks is a New Zealand anti-vaccine activist who has challenged the government's response to COVID-19.

Claire Deeks was an unsuccessful candidate for the Advance NZ party in the 2020 general election, and set up the group Voices for Freedom, which distributed pamphlets that have been criticised by experts as containing COVID-19 misinformation about vaccines, lockdown and the wearing of masks.

Claire Deeks toured the country under the banner of "Mothers on a Mission ", which promoted "healthy and affordable lunchbox snacks".

In 2016 Claire Deeks used her blog to launch a petition to the Australian and New Zealand governments to ditch the Health Star Rating System for packaged foods and beverages that both were using.

Claire Deeks stood for Advance NZ in the election as third on their party list, behind Te Kahika and Ross.

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Claire Deeks said it was an issue of "free speech" and accused Newsroom of attempting to "censor" him.

Claire Deeks had no problem with Voices for Freedom endorsing unproven Covid-19 treatments, such as ivermectin, or opposing the wearing of masks.

Claire Deeks is a "platinum wellness advocate" for doTERRA, an international multi-level marketing company that sells essential oils and other related products.

When Claire Deeks claimed Voices for Freedom had raised $50,000 toward the printing of the flyers, Mark von Dadelszen, a lawyer specialising in not-for-profit law, incorporated societies and charitable trusts, warned about donating to an organisation that was not required to publicly release financial statements, and therefore lacked accountability.

Claire Deeks responded that voluntarily published annual accounts by VFF would be likely to show incoming funds and outgoing expenses.