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Lockdowns or vaccines? 3 Pacific nations try diverging paths

by Rod McGUIRKMari Yamaguchi
| August 24, 2021 12:06 AM

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Cheryl Simpson was supposed to be celebrating her 60th birthday over lunch with friends but instead found herself confined to her Auckland home.

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