New Zealand is one of a small list of countries that are winning (for now) the battle against the pandemic with the covid zero strategy of eliminating the coronavirus. In August, the New Zealand government confined the Auckland region and nipped in the bud the last significant outbreak of the disease. Since then, only a few sporadic cases have appeared in the community, such as the four positive cases that have been detected in the last two weeks. After isolating the infected, health authorities have traced all possible contacts through the covid-19 tracing application, and no further infections have been found. For New Zealanders it has been another small scare that has momentarily altered the normal life they have been enjoying for months: no restrictions of any kind, no safety distance, and not even face masks (they are only mandatory on public transport).