The secret to the success of New Zealand in fighting the COVID Pandemic. 

This way their approach is different from that of a general mitigation strategy followed by most countries when dealing with any disease outbreak or epidemic situation. Their carefully crafted elimination plan worked well and results speak for themselves.

Clear communication on part of leadership

For the citizens to oblige and follow orders, a leader must be an excellent communicator, it must be trusted enough by the public and there should be transparency about the dealing of the government. While there are countries like Hungary where the leaders took advantage of the COVID pandemic to exploit their powers into dictatorship like a rule.

And other esteemed European countries who were once considered the model of development were all victims to the follies of their leaders, NZ had a leader who knew how to take charge. Situations like this are a real test of a leader, Jacinda Ardern has passed with flying colors.