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We all remember the lockdown, but not all our memories are the same. Some say they miss the tranquillity. Others don’t miss being stuck at home at all – especially those with young children. Some found new ways of working. Others just lost work. We ran a “life under lockdown” survey in the third week of alert level 4 to examine general well-being, family resilience and employment.
We all remember the lockdown, but not all our memories are the same. Some say they miss the tranquillity. Others don’t miss being stuck at home at all – especially those with young children. Some found new ways of working. Others just lost work.
"Be kind", Jacinda Ardern likes to tell New Zealanders. But her government does not seem very interested in kindness towards our 300,000-plus pre-COVID welfare beneficiaries, notes Michael Fletcher.
The government's freshwater plan ignores expert advice and sets the stage for the ongoing decline of New Zealand's water quality, says Mike Joy.
The government's decision to deny long-term unemployed the higher Covid-19 beneficiary rate may make it politically easier to raise core benefits, suggests Max Rashbrooke
