With COVID cases still in the thousands, why are some so keen to ditch the things that kept New Zealand safe?
- Written by Dougal Sutherland, Clinical Psychologist, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced New Zealand will remain at the red traffic light setting, but other public health mandates created to control COVID-19 will still be lifted, contributing to the sense that there’s light at the end of the tunnel after two years.
But many New Zealanders are already going further and...