the funny part is , air new zealand laid a lot of staff off in the first week . didn't even look at the sub .NZ sheep farming has had the benefit of UK pregnancy scanners appearing at the right time each year just as UK sheep farming has had the benefit of NZ shearers turning up. These disruptions could cause problems for both host countries.
Currently Queenstown airport is closed, several very new high rise hotels are mothballed indefinitely. Several thousand jobs have evaporated out of the tourist sector with many internationals on working visas stuck there. Ski season is still months away. Food production industries aren't such a bad thing to be into nowadays.