Originally Posted by
Christopher Button
I think you're confusing us with Australia (I wasn't sure what you meant when you wrote "Australia/New Zealand"). NZ went into lock-down a couple times last year, but never had the kind of house arrest type shit that parts of Australia experienced.
Since about August last year, we've been living a largely normal life. Some people wear masks on public transport, but that's about it. Restaurants, cinemas, stores, everything's pretty much as it was. We're damned lucky, actually.