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If we're to defend our borders from the pandemic, what do we mean by borders?

  • Written by Germana Nicklin, Senior Lecturer in Border and Resource Security, Massey University
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Before COVID-19 hit New Zealand’s shores last year, most people’s understanding of defending a border would have come from watching TV reality show Border Patrol.

It is easy to understand — on the maps, our country is surrounded by an ocean moat, a natural border. This makes controlling risks arriving...

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