NZ has tended authoritarian for many years. The NZ people are too willing to wear the yoke of Gvt. Perhaps in the fullness of time they will see the error of embracing both woke and loss of personal freedom.
Imagine Karens watching vaxxed people dropping like flies, knowing that they have the same poison running through their veins.
Because of this, the government can do whatever the heck it wants because if you want to live in paradise then you have to pay the price.