How did New Zealand become Covid-19 free?

It locked down early and aimed for elimination.

elimination ｲﾘﾐネｲｼｮﾝ　n)排除、除外、除去

When did New Zealand bring in border closures?

How New Zealand went 'hard and early' to beat Covid-19?

New Zealand introduced a new four-stage alert system.

New Zealand's approach to the pandemic was to "throw everything at it at the start".  

The UK has never closed its borders.

The UK government responses to Covid-19 is completely opposite from NZ.  

Comparing/contrasting UK and NZ, it seems that UK wants a challenge.

In contrast to living in the city, living in the countryside is very different. 都市での生活とは対照的に、田舎での生活は非常に異なります。

Her clothes are colorful opposed to his. 彼女の服は彼と対照的にカラフルです。

oppose ｵポｳｽﾞ v)反対する　opposed　adj)反対の

Even though they are twins they are complete opposites. 彼らは双子なのに完全に反対です。

NZ to launch world-first climate change rules

New Zealand is to become the world's first country to bring in a low forcing its financial firms to report on the effect of climate change.

The country wants to be carbon neutral by 2050 and says the financial sector needs to play its part.

Banks, insures and fund managers can do this by knowing the environmental effect of their investments, says its Climate Change Minister James Show.

So long as there's no emergency. 有事でなくてよかったです。