Reactions and over-reactions
An Australian visitor, coming here under the auspices of an open border saving our economy, came with COVID. Will we be lucky and they won’t have transmitted disease? Or back in lockdown?
Tag: 2021 June
The role of insurance
If you experienced the Canterbury earthquakes, or another major natural disaster event, you may hate insurance companies as much as I do. However, insurance is a powerful force influencing our actions – what will travel insurance look like in a post-COVID world?
Perverse incentives
Should we offer incentives to encourage people to get vaccinated? New Zealand isn’t yet but other countries are offering a variety of goods including cheap cannabis products, chicken wings and gold nose pins.
Living the divide
Housing in Queenstown is not affordable for many people, driving the community and skills we need away from the area. COVID is just making this worse and there are no obvious solutions.