Also "Lockdowns compared: tracking governments’ coronavirus responses Updated DECEMBER 24 2022 by FT Visual & Data Journalism Team" In 2020 to the end of 2022 we had significant periods at a lower level of lockdown & considering NZ had 56 COVID-19 deaths from start of 2020 till the end of 2021. 🇳🇿📉

Free to read: Lockdowns compared: tracking governments’ coronavirus responses

From business closures to movement restrictions, how countries’ policies around the world are changing

Chart from the UK Financial Times comparing countries level of lock down stringency. New Zealand in grey is considerably lower for most of that time.