New Zealand, of course, is not alone in going to extraordinary lengths to support local communities with COVID. Governments from around the world, from right across the political spectrum, have suddenly discovered the joys of Keynesianism, which in many ways even the great financial crisis was unable to elicit. Wage guarantees in the United Kingdom, a doubling of unemployment benefits in Australia, US Republicans voting for extensions to Government-backed paid leave—none of these sound like the actions of right-wing conservative administrations, and yet here we are at the dawn of a brave new world, a world where we put care and concern for each other at the centre, the deeply held human values of making sure that we're all OK. 