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Aussie businessman decries ‘Communist-like’ NZ Covid lockdown

Performance car-loving multimillionaire David Dicker says trans-Tasman bubble should already be open.

Dita De Boni Tue, 23 Jun 2020

A high-profile Australian businessman stuck in New Zealand thanks to the Covid-19-related lockdown says his stay here has been a “three-month free trial of communism” and reminiscent of East Germany or Communist Russia.

David Dicker is the executive chair and founder of computer hardware,

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