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Voting is an essential service too. New Zealand can't be afraid to go to the polls, even in lockdown

  • Written by Grant Duncan, Associate Professor for the School of People, Environment and Planning, Massey University
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If we can do our grocery shopping under lockdown, we can vote under lockdown too.

As much as supermarkets and pharmacies, the general election is an essential service and it must continue. There are ways and means to safely exercise our democratic rights during lockdown.

The prime minister left it open at her press conference yesterday as...

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