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How New Zealand stamped out the coronavirus in 102 days

The Delta variant of COVID has prompted the NZ government to shake up its vaccine plans.

The Delta variant of COVID has prompted the NZ government to shake up its vaccine plans. Photo: Getty

It was 102 days between New Zealand’s first reported coronavirus case, and its last.

Here’s how our brothers and sisters across the Tasman did it.

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