NEW ZEALAND: How does a Country's Leadership /Culture affect the crisis? #NZHellHole and Benefits of Personal and Global Slowing Down I S2 Ep17

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Day 58 we speak to Liane at her desk in Wellington, New Zealand - although its June, its getting cold, the cusp of winter in the Southern Hemisphere.

She talks about the fascinating details of Prime Minister Jacinda Adern's leadership during the crisis. New Zealand's Covid response and management and government support of its residents has been held up as one of the most effective globally.

With a short lockdown, then 102 days entirely covid-free before an very slight second wave in August that sparked a light trolling of Trump with twitter hashtag #nzhellhole when he compared the two countries.

New Zealand was the first to give women the vote in 1893! - how the fact that the country is secular and egalitarian in outlook contributed to its success.

In stunningly beautiful New Zealand, the country is extremely reliant on tourists, we talk about what happened when this, New Zealand's second largest industry was shutdown over night

Liane documented the slowing down - within her family the rollercoaster of emotions but also positive changes that the slowness brought with it for them all.

A question we are all asking - what did the slowing down mean for the environment and can we preserve this after the worst of Coronavirus lockdown is over?

Episode Links:

https://nzhistory.govt.nz/politics/womens-suffrage

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/04/jacinda-ardern-new-zealand-leadership-coronavirus/610237/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/08/nzhellhole-how-kiwis-are-hitting-back-at-trumps-covid-taunts

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