Are you being purposefully silly in comparing the UK and NZ? You must realise there is a huge population difference, difference in number of elderly, excellent

Are you being purposefully silly in comparing the UK and NZ? You must realise there is a huge population difference, difference in number of elderly, excellent infrastructure both intra- and inter-city that allows spreading quickly, and between Heathrow + Gatwick, some of the busiest airports in the world that act as a hub between the West and the East. What the UK has gone through is unique to the UK and it is hard to easily compare it to other countries. It's bad, don't get wrong, and I wish that travel lockdowns would have happened sooner, but let's not ignore a huge amount of relevant data so you can have a dig.