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The pandemic papers: Inside story of how NZ fought Covid 19

Matt Nippert
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Business Investigations Reporter·NZ Herald·
16 mins to read

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In mid-January a small team in Wellington, buried deep in the bowels of the public service, were the only people in New Zealand really interested in 2019-nCoV. Two months later, the virus was a globe-consuming pandemic that had killed more than 100,000, made millions more unemployed, and stopped entire nations in their tracks. Matt Nippert pieces together 2540 pages of recently released official documentation, and interviews with government insiders, to report on how late-night cabinet teleconferences, rushed missteps - and

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