View this post on InstagramA post shared by Jon Landau (@jonplandau) on May 30, 2020 at 6:08pm PDTWhile a seven-week nationwide lockdown stalled spending, and the closure of the border wiped out the international tourist and education industries, New Zealand has been effective in containing the virus -- there’s been no evidence of community transmission for almost two months.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern lifted the last restrictions on consumers and businesses on June 8, allowing a return to normality that has set the economy on a path to recovery.“We’ve got a new superpower, which is being Covid free in a world infected with the virus," said Roger Partridge, chairman of Wellington-based think tank The New Zealand Initiative.