Coronavirus - New Zealand
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@SynicBast said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
Guess I will shave most of the beard off now, Full castro worked a treat.
You're in Wellington - just stay full hipster
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they were just saying on the news every single arrival to NZ will be tested now.
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Well, I've been critical of the slow move to L1 and of the Gov stealing days here and there, so I guess I need to give credit where it's due - they could easily have announced L1 from Thursday, Friday, whenever, and gotten away with it, but to break protocol and go with the same day as the announcement was great. Good on them.
Happy days, next step is that pesky trans Ta$man border.
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@voodoo said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
Well, I've been critical of the slow move to L1 and of the Gov stealing days here and there, so I guess I need to give credit where it's due - they could easily have announced L1 from Thursday, Friday, whenever, and gotten away with it, but to break protocol and go with the same day as the announcement was great. Good on them.
Happy days, next step is that pesky trans Ta$man border.
Hopefully, but might be the realm first (Tokelau, Cook Islands, Niue) and Fiji, Samoa, Tonga next since they're all Covid-free.
Anyway, congratulations everyone for making it through and earning level 1 early.
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@voodoo said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
Well, I've been critical of the slow move to L1 and of the Gov stealing days here and there, so I guess I need to give credit where it's due - they could easily have announced L1 from Thursday, Friday, whenever, and gotten away with it, but to break protocol and go with the same day as the announcement was great. Good on them.
Happy days, next step is that pesky trans Ta$man border.
Keep getting the odd case on this left side of the ditch.
I blame Victorians.
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@Godder said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
Hopefully, but might be the realm first (Tokelau, Cook Islands, Niue) and Fiji, Samoa, Tonga next since they're all Covid-free.
The Cook Islands PM has been vocal about wanting to open the border with NZ. The problem is that the tourism will mostly be in one direction so doesn't really help the NZ economy apart from travel agents/Air NZ. But if you want a holiday...
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Congratulations.
Just heard this morning that Wales will continue the 'no more than 5 miles from home' rule until mid-July at the earliest
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@Bovidae said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@Godder said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
Hopefully, but might be the realm first (Tokelau, Cook Islands, Niue) and Fiji, Samoa, Tonga next since they're all Covid-free.
The Cook Islands PM has been vocal about wanting to open the border with NZ. The problem is that the tourism will mostly be in one direction so doesn't really help the NZ economy apart from travel agents/Air NZ. But if you want a holiday...
Legally, that border is open anyway - Cook Islanders are NZ citizens so aren't prevented from coming here, and the rules for the inward Cook Island border is up to them, and likewise Niue and Tokelau (for the realm) and the other PI countries (for NZ tourists). The issue is the quarantine in NZ which makes everyone think twice, and as you say, the NZ economy gets basically nothing out of it.
I think the realm should be first though - that's part of NZ, sort of, and should be our first priority.
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@MajorRage said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
What a headline. At what point are you fuckers going to get over yourself.
It's pretty damn impressive.
She keeps referring to the team of 5 million all the time and while it is a massive cliché, she is right. Collectively, for the most, we have all helped achieve this by supporting each other at a community level and sticking to the guidelines in terms of behaviours.
I'm a proud kiwi at the moment.
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@MajorRage I'm off to the pub for a few hours to think about it, there will be random strangers too, so I'll ask them as well and then let you know after that...🤔
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@taniwharugby said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@MajorRage I'm off to the pub for a few hours to think about it, there will be random strangers too, so I'll ask them as well and then let you know after that...🤔
you're starting early
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@taniwharugby said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@nzzp cos I can
I might go play some golf first and have a beer in the bar with everyone.
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@Hooroo said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@MajorRage said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
What a headline. At what point are you fuckers going to get over yourself.
It's pretty damn impressive.
She keeps referring to the team of 5 million all the time and while it is a massive cliché, she is right. Collectively, for the most, we have all helped achieve this by supporting each other at a community level and sticking to the guidelines in terms of behaviours.
I'm a proud kiwi at the moment.
Closing the borders of a small island nation was all it took really. Australia, but for a cruise ship, had the same numbers per capita and people worked more during lockdown.
Well done NZ but being able to stop international travel so easily on an island is the major point of difference to the rest of the world " in awe".
But if it's a game of one upmanship, then bravo NZ!
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@Siam said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@Hooroo said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
@MajorRage said in Coronavirus - New Zealand:
What a headline. At what point are you fuckers going to get over yourself.
It's pretty damn impressive.
She keeps referring to the team of 5 million all the time and while it is a massive cliché, she is right. Collectively, for the most, we have all helped achieve this by supporting each other at a community level and sticking to the guidelines in terms of behaviours.
I'm a proud kiwi at the moment.
Closing the borders of a small island nation was all it took really. Australia, but for a cruise ship, had the same numbers per capita and people worked more during lockdown.
Well done NZ but being able to stop international travel so easily on an island is the major point of difference to the rest of the world " in awe".
But if it's a game of one upmanship, then bravo NZ!
And we did it, which is great.
Oh, and it took more than just closing the borders as the virus was able to spread inside the borders too... just in case you are new to Covid-19 awareness
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Were we ever likely to be hit as hard as the rest of the world in particular Europe and the States.
So much about NZ is different to them, smaller population for more spread. We don’t have this desire to hug and kiss everyone we meet like the Italians and Spaniards do ( basing that on cliche opinion) we don’t smoke as much as they do either.
Plus major parts of Europe and the US ( New York especially which was hit hard) are travel hubs for the rest of the world.
I’m glad it’s ‘stamped out’ and I know we had to do something but I wonder if we should have just closed out boarders, quarantined those who came in after a certain date and let the country carry on.Part of me also thinks all those scientists, micro biologists etc live for this shit, they had their moment in the sun so to speak.
Also I hope our friends in the rest of the world get over this soon.
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Credit where it’s due.
I think if you swapped political responses UK would still be fucked and NZ still doing great, as other factors are the main issue. However, it would be churlish to suggest NZ recovery wasn’t massively in part to a willing population and superb communication.