‘You can’t compare’: New Zealand looks on Australia’s loose lockdown with envy – and horror
Both countries have flattened the curve, but Kiwis wonder if they have paid too high a price compared with Australians
Looking across the Tasman at their nearest neighbour’s Covid-19 elimination measures during their own strict lockdown of the past month, New Zealanders were torn: some complained that Australians were allowed to buy takeaway coffees and get haircuts under some more permissive lockdown measures. Others shuddered at pictures on social media of Sydney beachfronts thronged with people, saying the images made them “stressed” and “anxious”.
Either way, the topic of Australia’s more relaxed lockdown – and whether it would prove an economic saviour or a breeding ground for the virus – has never been far from the lips of opposition politicians, commentators or New Zealanders stuck at home.
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