Originally Posted by
BlackPeter
You are right ... the outcome of these policies (or is it more the nationalist / racist / arrogant attitude which shows through in them) is clearly highly relevant (and highly damaging) for AIR, but it is as well highly relevant for any tourism company, for our schools and universities as well as our general work culture and the cultural diversity we used to enjoy. Many of our high tech companies are absolutely dependent on the free flow of minds - and government does whatever they can to stop this flow in the long run using Covid as a convenient excuse.
Watching this government turning New Zealand from an open and welcoming society into a bastion of xenophobes (no visitors, please, we are New Zealanders ...) might suit the NZ First clients (which funnily are not even anymore part of the government), but it will damage New Zealand's economy, culture and standing in the world. Better we stem this process soon - the current thoughts on severely curbing immigration and tourism are in my view nuts.