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title: "New Zealand's pandemic response: Best practice or just a practice run? NZIER Insight 84"
description: Using evidence from health and economic literature, health economists Sarah Hogan and Todd Krieble find that New Zealand should do more to prepare for pand
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# [New Zealand's pandemic response: Best practice or just a practice run? NZIER Insight 84](https://www.nzier.org.nz/publications/new-zealands-pandemic-response-best-practice-or-just-a-practice-run-nzier-insight-84)

 Written by [Admin](https://www.nzier.org.nz/publications/author/admin) | February 19, 2020

Using evidence from health and economic literature, health economists Sarah Hogan and Todd Krieble find that New Zealand should do more to prepare for pandemics and assist the Pacific Islands. New Zealand should not rely on travel bans which are likely to be ineffective.

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