Lockdown. It’s hard managing a household and home-schooling when your first language is not English.

The rules of New Zealand’s lockdown greatly impacted on Indonesian communities, particularly the women.

DR Nelly Martin-Anatias Source: Supplied

The Aotearoa NZ lockdown: Both the government and the people participate in eliminating the coronavirus. Source: Photo courtesy Dr Nelly Martin-Anatias, Sep 2020

Dr Nelly Martin-Anatias from Auckland University of Technology is in a team of researches who are investigating the impact of lockdown in New Zealand.  She found that the rules of lockdown should have considered the cultural and linguistic differences.

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