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Dougal Sutherland, Clinical Psychologist, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington

With COVID cases still in the thousands, why are some so keen to ditch the things that kept New Zealand safe?

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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced New Zealand will remain at the red traffic light setting, but other public health mandates created to control COVID-19 will still be lifted, contributing to the sense that there’s light at the end of the tunnel after two years.

But many New Zealanders are already going further and dropping some of the measures that have kept the country safe.

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