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Question for PM: Instead of planning for reopening the economy for 'business as usual' or 'return to (the pre-Covid) normal', should New Zealand instead be taking this opportunity to transition into a 'new normal' level of economic activity and consumption that would that would keep us within planet sustainability limits. (refer to Kate Raworth 'Doughnut Economics'). This could for example involve a pivot away from international tourism, both inbound and outbound, as consumption that causes excessive carbon emissions.

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