1.0 A snapshot of Aotearoa New Zealand's pandemic experience He tirohanga ki ngā wheako o Aotearoa mō te mate urutā
Home Reports Main Report Part Two: Looking back 1.0 A snapshot of Aotearoa New Zealand's pandemic experience
What’s in this chapter
Many people are still living with the after-effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. But for others, it may already feel quite remote. Indeed, the slightly surreal experience of revisiting relatively recent COVID-19 memories was something many submitters and stakeholders remarked on during the Inquiry. For future readers, the events of the COVID-19 pandemic may be firmly in the category of ‘history’ by the time they are engaging with this report.
The aim of this chapter is therefore to reorient, remind or indeed introduce readers to some of the key pandemic events, impacts, decisions and outcomes in Aotearoa New Zealand. In presenting a high-level snapshot of the country’s COVID-19 experience and response, it provides necessary context for the detailed analysis and assessment to be found in the eight Looking Back chapters that follow.
The chapter is largely visual, telling the story of Aotearoa New Zealand’s COVID-19 experience via:
- a high-level timeline setting out key events during the pandemic period; and
- a series of facts, figures and graphics providing international comparisons for some of the key aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic in Aotearoa New Zealand.