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Re:Senior Google exec opposes remote work, moves to New Zeal... by threeseed on Thursday July 08, 2021 @05:40PM (#27777952)
In most countries the minister responsible for border control will have wide discretion about who is allowed in and out.

This means that if you’re politically well connected it can be trivial to get the necessary approvals. But for everyone else it will be extremely difficult, especially for countries like Australia and NZ which have very low vaccination rates.

Re:Senior Google exec opposes remote work, moves to New Zeal... by Taniwha on Thursday July 08, 2021 @06:01PM (#27778154)
Here in NZ that would be considered corruption - likely resulting scandal if discovered.

We do have an out for very rich people who want to invest here (Peter Thiel abused this to get NZ citizenship from our previous right wing govt, there has been a lot of shouting about this)