INew Zealand iye yanconywa isenzo sayo esikhawulezayo nesingqongqo kulawulo lokusasazeka kwe-COVID-19 kwangoko, nge amatyala angama-2,295 ewonke kunye nokufa kwabantu abangama-25 kwisizwe se izigidi ezintlanu okoko kwaqala ubhubhane kunyaka ophelileyo, ngokweedatha ezivela kwifayile ye- IZiko leMithombo likaJohn Hopkins Coronavirus . Ngaphandle kokuthambisa ngempumelelo ijika, inkulumbuso uJacinda Ardern kwinkomfa yoonondaba ngoLwesibini uthe akaphumelelanga ukuvula kwakhona imida yesizwe, evaliweyo ukusukela phakathi ku-Matshi 2020, de abemi bayo 'bagonywe bakhuselwe,' UMgcini ixelwe .

'INew Zealand iyakuziva ngathi ibuyela esiqhelweni xa kukho inqanaba elithile eliqhelekileyo kwihlabathi liphela, utshilo u-Ardern. 'Kodwa ngenxa yemingcipheko kwihlabathi elisingqongileyo kunye nokungaqiniseki kokukhutshwa kwesitofu sehlabathi, sinokulindela ukuba imida yethu ichaphazeleke ubukhulu becala kulo nyaka.'

Ingcinga yokuba ilizwe lesiqithi liza kuhlala livaliwe ngenxa ye-2021, kodwa u-Ardern wayicacisa ngesizathu esixhaswe sisayensi. 'Ukuhamba ukuqala ngokutsha, sidinga enye yezinto ezimbini: sidinga ukuzithemba ukuba ukugonywa kuthetha ukuba awuyidlulisi i-COVID-19 kwabanye-kwaye asazi ukuba sikhona-okanye sifuna okwaneleyo kubemi bethu ukugonywa kukhuselwe ukuba abantu bangene kwakhona ngokukhuselekileyo eNew Zealand, uqhubeke watsho. Zombini ezi zinto zinokwenzeka ziya kuthatha ixesha.

I-New Zealand ngaphambili ibibhengeze ukuba izakubonelela ngogonyo lwasimahla kubahlali bayo, nakwamanye amazwe angabamelwane, kubandakanya iTokelau, Cook Islands, Niue, Samoa, Tonga, ne Tuvalu, I-NPR ixeliwe . Oko kwathethi, isizwe sisalinde ukuvunywa kwisitofu saso sokuqala sokugonya, ke inkqubo yokukhutshwa iya kuthatha ixesha.

Kwi Ividiyo ye-Instagram ayithumele emva kwenkomfa ngolwesiBini, u-Ardern uthe ulwamkelo lolawulo lunokufika kwangoko ngoLwesithathu olandelayo, kodwa ke kuyakubakho ixesha lokulinda lokuhanjiswa kweedosi. Umonde wakhe ozolileyo ubonakalisa uvelwano kuluntu lwehlabathi. Siyazi ukuba maninzi kakhulu amazwe akwiimeko ezimbi kakhulu kuneNew Zealand, utshilo kwividiyo yakhe. 'Kulungile ukuba ii-asethi zibekwe phambili ngenxa yokuphulukana nobomi.'

Kananjalo ngokungafaniyo namanye amazwe akhwaza ngeedosi, u-Ardern uphawula ukuba isicwangciso sabo sokukhupha siya kwahluka ngenxa yendalo eyodwa yesizwe. 'INew Zealand yahluke mpela kwamanye amazwe,' uthe . Amanye amazwe amaninzi abeka phambili abantu bawo abadala kunye nabo basebenza kwezempilo. Abona bantu bethu basemngciphekweni eNew Zealand ngabasebenzi bethu bemida. '

Ngelixa ugonyo lokuqala lokuhanjiswa kufuneka lufike kwikota yokuqala ka-2021, uluntu ngokubanzi alunakuyiqala inkqubo kude kube phakathi enyakeni, UMgcini ingxelo, yiyo loo nto uqikelelo lubeka ukuvula umda kude kakhulu.

Ndiyazi ukuba umda wolawulo lwethu unzima kakhulu, kodwa ezo & iiapos ukugcina wonke umntu ekhuselekile, 'u-Ardern wongezwa kwividiyo ye-IGTV. 'Kwaye oko kuya kuqhubeka kwikamva elikufutshane.'

Ngelixa indlela ibenye 'yokuhamba ibhabhu' ibikhona yenziwe ne-Australia ukuwa kokugqibela, kwavalwa ngoMvulo iiyure ezingama-72 emva kokuba iNew Zealand ifumene ityala lokuqala le-COVID-19-uhlobo olusuka eMzantsi Afrika-ngeenyanga. Ukusukela ngoLwesibini, akukho matyala matsha afunyenwe kule ndawo, UMgcini ixelwe .