A mother of a 21-month-old, Ardern, 39, regularly appears on Facebook Live chats, dressed in a sweatshirt, commiserating with families enduring isolation in their "bubble," as she calls their place of shelter, and assuring children the tooth fairy is still on the job. When she imposed stringent stay-home rules in late March, she urged people to "be strong and be kind."
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Some people might write off her cozy chat style "as soft or fluffy," he says. "But it reassures people. It helps maintain a sense of mutuality in society ... and that creates trust with the leader."
Daily news conferences with the progressive leftist are shorn of political partisanship and focus on data and science. They are, says Jackson, a former Pentagon official during the Obama administration, a contrast to President Trump's combative briefings.
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Jackson says "social solidarity" has been the lesson from New Zealand: "If we're all in this together, then we're actually going to get through it better and faster." Jackson notes "collectivist societies" are faring better and more efficiently "than fractured, individualist societies."
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Food delivery and drive-through restaurants are reopening, expanding options for New Zealanders, who are advised to remain close to and work from home. Auckland University of Technology professor Waring says, "Level 3 is Level 4, with takeout."
Nonetheless, New Zealand eases restrictions on swimming, surfing and fishing with some trepidation.
MS Norröna, a ferry that runs Hirtshals, Denmark - Tórshavn, Faroe Islands - Seyðisfjörður, Iceland. Its speed is 21 knots / 39 km/h / 24 mph. I found that an English-Channel ferry has a similar speed, so I'll use that as the top speed of an oceanic ferry.
