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Sold-out concert for over 50,000 shows New Zealand's Covid-19 success

It's a stark contrast to other countries across the world that are in lockdown amid surging infections.

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The border closure has badly hit the nation’s tourism industry, though it has now opened a quarantine-free travel bubble with Australia.

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More than 50,000 people attended a concert at New Zealand’s largest sports stadium on Saturday, in what organizers said was the largest live music event since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.
 
New Zealand band Six60 performed at Eden Park in Auckland to a sold-out event that featured pyrotechnics and was live-streamed to nations across the South Pacific.
 
With no social-distancing or mask-wearing required, the concert was a demonstration of New Zealand’s success in controlling the coronavirus through closing its international border and rigorous testing and contact tracing. It’s a stark contrast to other countries across the world

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