I remember people telling me “New Zealand will really struggle to vaccinate their population because they haven’t seen the consequences of covid first hand”

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>"The case is the country’s first reported case of the Delta variant outside quarantine."

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"In the end what matters most is what is in the best interests of voters and our democracy," she said. "Any decision to review the election date must be as free from partisan political interests as possible."