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why being politically prepared for the next pandemic is crucial

  • Written by Grant Duncan, Research Associate, Public Policy Institute, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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COVID-19 changed the course of New Zealand’s political history.

Labour’s 50% of the vote in 2020 came from a huge electoral swing as a reward for the main coalition party’s effective evidence-based policies, and then prime minister Jacinda Ardern’s leadership.

It gave the party the first (and...

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