Kiwis and COVID-19: The Aotearoa New Zealand Response to the Global Pandemic

Henrickson, Mark

doi:10.1177/2516602620932558

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“…Level 1 measures are the least restrictive while Level 4 are the most restrictive. On March 25, Aotearoa New Zealand moved to Level 4 for approximately four and a half weeks, with Ardern describing the approach as "going hard and going early" [3,4]. The Level 4 nationwide lockdown was one of the strictest in the world, with only "essential services" continuing to operate.…”

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Food for People in Place: Reimagining Resilient Food Systems for Economic Recovery

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The COVID-19 pandemic and associated response have brought food security into sharp focus for many New Zealanders. The requirement to “shelter in place” for eight weeks nationwide, with only “essential services” operating, affected all parts of the New Zealand food system. The nationwide full lockdown highlighted existing inequities and created new challenges to food access, availability, affordability, distribution, transportation, and waste management. While Aotearoa New Zealand is a food producer, there remains uncertainty surrounding the future of local food systems, particularly as the long-term effects of the pandemic emerge. In this article we draw on interviews with food rescue groups, urban farms, community organisations, supermarket management, and local and central government staff to highlight the diverse, rapid, community-based responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. Our findings reveal shifts at both the local scale, where existing relationships and short supply chains have been leveraged quickly, and national scale, where funding has been mobilised towards a different food strategy. We use these findings to re-imagine where and how responsibility might be taken up differently to enhance resilience and care in diverse food systems in New Zealand.

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Food for People in Place: Reimagining Resilient Food Systems for Economic Recovery

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“…I hope this special issue will aid towards that end. Further, I would like to echo Professor Mark Henrickson’s (2020) caution that it is a risky venture to writing about coronavirus at this stage as the situation is still evolving in many countries and so is its impact. Where and when it will spread or end is uncertain, and it is too early to ascertain its anticipated and actual full impact, though some of us have been experiencing, observing and acting and reacting in our own ways.…”

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The Global Impact of and Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Pawar

2020

The International Journal of Community and Social Development

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“…Cases of COVID-19 had first emerged in these countries from early January to the end of February. In some countries, COVID-19 was brought in by Chinese nationals or individuals returning from China or Iran, such as in Singapore, New Zealand, and Japan [ 19 , 20 , 21 ]. Indonesia recorded its first case after a national came in contact with an infected person in Malaysia [ 22 ].…”

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“…Those with symptoms and key groups only [18] Anyone with symptoms [18] Open public testing, including asymptomatic individuals [18] Anyone with symptoms [18] Anyone with symptoms [18] Open public testing, including asymptomatic individuals [18] Open public testing, including asymptomatic individuals [18] Source: [19,31,53,55,65,79,94,127,[137][138][139][140][141][142].…”

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Factors Influencing Asia-Pacific Countries’ Success Level in Curbing COVID-19: A Review Using a Social–Ecological System (SES) Framework

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Leng

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IJERPH

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Little attention has been paid to the impacts of institutional–human–environment dimensions on the outcome of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) abatement. Through the diagnostic social–ecological system (SES) framework, this review paper aimed to investigate what and how the multifaceted social, physical, and governance factors affected the success level of seven selected Asia-Pacific countries (namely, South Korea, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia, and New Zealand) in combatting COVID-19. Drawing on statistical data from the Our World In Data website, we measured the COVID-19 severity or abatement success level of the countries on the basis of cumulative positive cases, average daily cases, and mortality rates for the period of 1 February 2020 to 30 June 2020. A qualitative content analysis using three codes, i.e., present (P), partially present (PP), and absent (A) for each SES attribute, as well as score calculation and rank ordering for government response effectiveness and the abatement success level across the countries, was undertaken. Not only did the standard coding process ensure data comparability but the data were deemed substantially reliable with Cohen’s kappa of 0.76. Among 13 attributes of the SES factors, high facility adequacy, comprehensive COVID-19 testing policies, strict lockdown measures, imposition of penalty, and the high trust level towards the government seemed to be significant in determining the COVID-19 severity in a country. The results show that Vietnam (ranked first) and New Zealand (ranked second), with a high presence of attributes/design principles contributing to high-level government stringency and health and containment indices, successfully controlled the virus, while Indonesia (ranked seventh) and Japan (ranked sixth), associated with the low presence of design principles, were deemed least successful. Two lessons can be drawn: (i) having high number of P for SES attributes does not always mean a panacea for the pandemic; however, it would be detrimental to a country if it lacked them severely, and (ii) some attributes (mostly from the governance factor) may carry higher weightage towards explaining the success level. This comparative study providing an overview of critical SES attributes in relation to COVID-19 offers novel policy insights, thus helping policymakers devise more strategic, coordinated measures, particularly for effective country preparedness and response in addressing the current and the future health crisis.

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Kiwis and COVID-19: The Aotearoa New Zealand Response to the Global Pandemic

Cited by 57 publications

References 4 publications

Food for People in Place: Reimagining Resilient Food Systems for Economic Recovery

Food for People in Place: Reimagining Resilient Food Systems for Economic Recovery

The Global Impact of and Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Factors Influencing Asia-Pacific Countries’ Success Level in Curbing COVID-19: A Review Using a Social–Ecological System (SES) Framework

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