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strategy, in your view, there. with the opening up strategy, in yourview, simon, will it help new zealand s economy? will it help new zealand s econom ? , ., economy? the first thing to say is nobody s economy? the first thing to say is nobody s worried economy? the first thing to say is nobody s worried about - economy? the first thing to say is nobody s worried about the i is nobody s worried about the borders reopening, the virus is already in new zealand, they have kept it at bay for a long time but it is here, thousands of cases a day, people are dying every day there is no real port that it s going to have much impact. you still need a negative covid test when you arrived in as you come into the country as i did recently, you are given some very rapid antigen tests and you must fill in and out to show you tested negative during your stay so they got a fairly good idea of what s going on. the hope is as long as reuniting families it will give a boost. tourism is about
first, in your view, institute think tank. welcome. first, in yourview, how institute think tank. welcome. first, in your view, how credible is the government at the moment with what it is asking people to do? well, it has a major problem because all the appearances about the discussion of the party last year and then the way in which covid restrictions have been brought in at the moment. in actual fact, the restrictions it is bringing in are in line with scientific advice. we know that advisors to the government have been pushing the release for some time. but coming at a time when it has been accused of breaching guidance last year and the massive public reaction to that and then the political pressure, in particular on the prime minister at prime minister s questions on wednesday. all of this is obviously raising concerns, including amongst the government s own backbenchers with one of them asking if this was a diversionary tactic, so of course all of them are going to be seen in th