The former chief science advisor, Sir Peter Gluckman, the former prime minister Helen Clark and former Air New Zealand chief executive Rob Fyfe have co-authored a paper saying keeping the country isolated for too long will cause huge damage to the economy. The paper calls for a clear transparent strategy and questions whether those discussions can be sensibly had this close to an election. Regardless; there's already a queue forming for destinations that would love reciporical deals with NZ. Whe

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