New Zealand bars open as virus lockdown eases

Customers have started raising their glasses as New Zealand's pubs reopened Thursday after the coronavirus lockdown was partially lifted. It won't be business as usual however -- there will be no live music and limits have been put on how many people are allowed in a pub. While publicans were glad to be opening their doors again, Matt McLaughlin, owner of Wellington's Panhead pub said: "We’ve got no shows, we’ve got no theatres on the go, so our market is really, really squeezed".