Tough times, NZ and as life is going to be like this worldwide for a while now.. we might as well learn better ways of coping!!
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Lock down NZ edition 2.0
Here we are again, New Zealand. It was only the other day that I was saying how lucky we were over here on the other side of the pond, only one national lock down – back in March last year at the start of the global COVID crisis. But, here we are again with national lock down number 2.
Continue reading “Lock down NZ edition 2.0”Do you believe in ghosts?
I certainly don’t. Nor do I believe in the afterlife or anything like that, but something really strange happened to me today, that I cannot explain.
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Day 42 of lock down, and normal life feels like it was worlds away. I often wonder if it was like this in the war – everyone gathering around the daily 1pm press conference on TV and radio to find out what the very latest news is on the fight against this invisible enemy.
Continue reading “…and yet more lock down!”A month in lock down – doing a whole lot of nothing!
Tomorrow Jacinda decides our fate, with New Zealand’s full lockdown ending (at the moment) next Wednesday at midnight. There is mounting pressure on the government to do more to help small businesses – and mounting unrest in the masses who are getting a bit tired of the very strict restrictions. Interesting statistic – 97% of businesses in New Zealand employ 20 or fewer staff and the government wage subsidy has so far covered 1.5 million staff wages. That is over 1/3 of the entire population of New Zealand.
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