There's no country in the world I would rather be in right now than NZ! Don't believe the word of the often vocal minority.
I don't think people realise how good we've had it. Other than the first 5 week lockdown when Covid first started, this is the first time anyone outside of Auckland has been in lockdown since then. Yes we can't travel overseas without having to spend 2 weeks in managed isolation on the return, but other that I've been on decent holidays around NZ five times since May 2020, pubs have been open like normal, I've hung out with my friends without masks like normal, I've been to packed gigs and festivals, and our country has had a total of 26 covid related deaths. In fact our mortality rate in NZ decreased last year. People in some Aus states might have different feelings as they've had multiple lockdowns.
We have a vaccination plan, and despite what some people say, it is going pretty much to plan. We've struggled to secure vaccines as easily as harder hit countries so only now is our supply ramping up to levels where we can start vaccinating in greater numbers. By the end of the year, everyone in country will have the opportunity to have been vaccinated. After that we can start looking at ways to open back up to the world. Provided the Lambda variant or some other vaccine resistant variant doesn't start taking over of course.