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## Video: New Zealand Prime Minister Discusses Reopening Economy

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_Published 2020-04-28. The country had been in a strict lockdown for over a month to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, but those conditions were eased a little on Tuesday to allow some parts of the economy to restart as new infections wane._


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