ArticleSocial sciences & humanities open2021
Fighting COVID-19 with the team of 5 million: Aotearoa New Zealand government communication during the 2020 lockdown.
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- When one size does not fit all - New Zealand perspectives on the International Health Regulations during the COVID-19 pandemic.Globalization and health · 2025Article
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- Chronic Illness and Matters of Care in Pandemic Times: The Experiences of Women in Aotearoa New Zealand.Sociology of health & illness · 2025Article
- Social Media and the Evolution of Vaccine Preferences During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Discrete Choice Experiment.JMIR infodemiology · 2025Article
- "This was never about a virus": Perceptions of Vaccination Hazards and Pandemic Risk in #Covid19NZ Tweets.The Journal of medical humanities · 2025Article
- Global public health policies: gathering public health associations' perspectives.Global health action · 2023Article
- Comparing COVID-19 pandemic health responses in two high-income island nations: Iceland and New Zealand.Scandinavian journal of public health · 2023Review
- Messenger, inquisitor and newsgatherer? Press Gallery journalists on their role(s) at COVID-19 briefings in Aotearoa New Zealand.Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand · 2023Article
- Experiences of New Zealand public health messaging while in lockdown.Australian and New Zealand journal of public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
Aotearoa New Zealand's response to the COVID-19 pandemic is considered one of the best in the world. A major component of the government response was the communication of public health measures. In this paper, we approach Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's daily press briefings with the Director-General of Health, Ashley Bloomfield as a case study of government communication during a public health crisis. A reflexive thematic analysis leads us to identify three key themes: 1) open, honest and straightforward communication; 2) distinctive and motivational language; and 3) expressions of care. Situating our findings in the fields of crisis communication, science communication and psychology, we argue that the messages presented in the 2020 daily briefings supported the New Zealand Government's COVID-19 elimination strategy through building trust with the audience and framing the 'lockdown' as an urgent, collective and meaningful cause, mobilising New Zealanders to support public health measures.
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