With the PM announcing the borders would probably remain closed for all of 2021, and a lot of focus on the wait for vaccinations, it is clear that COVID-19 management will remain a major issue for the Government and its electoral success.

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Kiwiblog is the personal blog of David Farrar. I set it up in July 2003 after several months of getting addicted to reading other blogs. Prior to blogging, I used to participate in Usenet Internet newsgroups,...