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The New Zealand borders are open and accepting citizen and essential arrivals into quarantine with a long waiting list.

>> The New Zealand borders are open and accepting citizen and essential arrivals into quarantine with a long waiting list.

This effectively reads "closed."

Strong borders are the price you have to pay for very little restriction inside them when most of the world is busy infecting its populace.

But yes, tourism or business trips are now infeasible. Fortunately it turns out that they were never essential.

> Fortunately, it turns out that they were never essential.

HN user doesn’t see the need for something, therefore it must not be essential.