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The latter.
Have fun >

"Officials have done a public health risk assessment, including working through scenarios of potential case numbers among travellers from China. This confirmed these visitors won't contribute significantly to our Covid case numbers meaning entry restrictions aren't required or justified,"
Because it'd be kind of ridiculous when our covid rates here in New Zealand are also very high right now. Frankly, we're lucky that other countries aren't requiring us to provide a negative test before flying. >

It isn't luck. >

You're right. It's more likely a combination of Western hegemony and our own political irrelevance.