The way I see it, the split is between those who want to be left alone and those who won’t leave others alone. You know, just as it was before Covid-19 popped up.

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Nathan Smith is a former business journalist and columnist at the NBR. He also worked as the chief editor at the New Zealand Initiative policy think tank. He is now a freelance writer and copy editor.