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Little, Paul, 1957-

The COVID chronicles : lessons from New Zealand / Paul Little. - Auckland, New Zealand : HarperCollinsPublishers, 2020. - 289 pages ; 24 cm

Featuring: Jim Boult (Queenstown Lakes District mayor), Rohan Cahill-Fleury (primary school teacher), Jenene Crossan (CEO and co-founder, Flossie), Chris Farrelly (City Missioner, Auckland City Mission), Professor Juliet Gerrard (Prime Minister's Chief Science Advisor), Sam Hardy (mental health advocate), Sam Johnson (chief executive and founder Student Volunteer Army), Roger King (co-director Hakanoa Handmade, makers of ginger beer and syrups), Sido Kitchin (magazine editor), Helen McCarthy (producer Kerre McIvor Mornings, Newstalk ZB), Bill Newson (E tū union), Deborah Pead (founder of We Are Pead), Chris Quin (CEO Foodstuffs North Island), Michelle Sarich (co-principal Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Hokianga), Mark Stewart (accountant), Francis and Kairora Tipene (funeral directors), Gary and Vicki Wallace (real estate salespeople), Mark Wallbank (restaurateur), Dr Siouxsie Wiles, MNZM (microbiologist and Associate Professor at the University of Auckland), and Mark Wilson (senior public relations and media officer, Mental Health Foundation).

"For the first time in history, on 15 March 2020 the New Zealand government closed the country's borders. What followed was a story unprecedented in almost every way imaginable. ...The Covid Chronicles is a multi-stranded account of one of the most extraordinary times in Aotearoa's history, and the lessons we must heed for our future"--Back cover.

ISBN: 9781775541691 177554169X

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
2000-2099

Subjects--Topical Terms:
COVID-19 (Disease)--New Zealand --Anecdotes.
COVID-19 (Disease)--Government policy --New Zealand.
COVID-19 (Disease)--Economic aspects --New Zealand.
COVID-19 (Disease)-- Psychological aspects.--New Zealand
COVID-19 (Disease)--Political aspects --New Zealand.
COVID-19 (Disease)--Social aspects --New Zealand.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
New Zealand--21st century.--History

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Personal narratives.

LC Class. No.: RA644.C67

Dewey Class. No.: 993.042