{"id":18493,"date":"2020-05-21T11:55:17","date_gmt":"2020-05-21T02:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/may\/21\/could-be-a-bit-strange-new-zealand-bars-to-reopen-but-fun-is-kept-at-arms-length"},"modified":"2020-05-21T11:55:17","modified_gmt":"2020-05-21T02:55:17","slug":"could-be-a-bit-strange-new-zealand-bars-to-reopen-but-fun-is-kept-at-arms-length","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=18493","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Could be a bit strange&#8217;: New Zealand bars to reopen but fun is kept at arm&#8217;s length"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No live music, no bar, table service only, and a \u2018visible\u2019 police presence but excitement bubbles at the chance for a night out<\/p>\n<p>Dancing, hook-ups and bar banter will be off the menu as New Zealand\u2019s pubs and bars reopen on Thursday night, with some saying the social distancing requirements will make for a \u201csad and strange\u201d atmosphere in the nation\u2019s party hotspots.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, moved the country from coronavirus lockdown level 3 to level 2, meaning most shops and restaurants could reopen, as well as schools, workplaces and public amenities.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/may\/21\/could-be-a-bit-strange-new-zealand-bars-to-reopen-but-fun-is-kept-at-arms-length\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No live music, no bar, table service only, and a \u2018visible\u2019 police presence but excitement bubbles at the chance for a night outDancing, hook-ups and bar banter will be off the menu as New Zealand\u2019s pubs and bars reopen on Thursday night, with some sayi&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41,1069,914,56,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-coronavirus-outbreak","category-infectious-diseases","category-new-zealand","category-society"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18493"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18493\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18494,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18493\/revisions\/18494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}