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Holidaymakers flock to the beach, on New Zealand s first New Year s Day with borders closed by the coronavirus pandemic.
If Kiwis keep buying icecreams, booking hiking tours and shopping at this rate, Marlborough’s tourism-reliant businesses can start to recover from a rough year, they say. A balmy 25-degree Celsius New Year’s Day drew people to the seaside in Marlborough, with many hikers, campers, swimmers and shoppers hailing from outside the region.
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Tracey Bentley and her family are not that disappointed by the border closures, hitting the water at Whites Bay on Friday.