(ALTER)NARRATIVES OF 'WINNING': SUPERMARKET AND HEALTHCARE WORKERS' EXPERIENCES OF COVID-19 IN AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND.

COVID-19 stories, especially from Aotearoa New Zealand, one of the leading nations 'winning' over the virus, will be important historical documentation. The 'team of five million' is writing its narratives of life with/out COVID-19 - stories of 'being kind,' of 'being in it together,' and simply 'loving your bubble.' These are narratives of success which need to be examined alongside the narratives that have been absent from public national discourse but complicate understandings of 'winning.' To that end, in this article we map out (alter) narratives from supermarket and healthcare workers and highlight their stories of living and caring under lockdown. We posit that we need to pay attention to (alter)narratives of winning over COVID-19 in order to pay attention to the bodies and spaces that are often invisible but make winning possible. Thus, we see (alter)narratives not as counter or anti to the nation's winning narrative, but rather essential and adjacent to it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]