Lockdown has been an extended period of reflection for New Zealand's team of 5 million.

RNZ visual journalist Claire Eastham-Farrelly and her colleagues captured socially distant 'door-traits' of New Zealanders during a unique moment in history and In Depth reporter Teresa Cowie asked what changes they'll be locking in from lockdown.

Helen Steemson: Having fewer choices is freeing.

My pre-Covid life was so busy and so full of choices and so full of things that I needed to control, things that I needed to juggle and be in charge of because I’m a business owner. Lockdown just removed all of those choices and all of that responsibility, or most of it anyway. Looking back on it now, I feel like that has actually been so healthy for me. I've struggled with some anxiety in the last 12 months and I feel like bizarrely lockdown has seen me be my most mentally well that I've been in a long time. It forced me to see what is nurturing and nourishing for me. So like, rushing around malls to pick up an item and then having lunch in a busy cafe and then driving around Auckland on a weekend was not nurturing and nourishing. Spending time at home digging out the garden, jumping on the trampoline, building lego is. So it might just be that I recalibrate the way I use my recreation time. I suspect making the change will be almost impossible, but maybe understanding what's been really good for me can help me scale down my life a little bit.

Marisa Yeung: We appreciate Grandma so much ... and her cooking

A couple of weeks before lockdown we were on holiday overseas, Vietnam, Cambodia, and then when we were at Singapore, on our last stop, we realised we would have to hurry home. My elderly mother-in-law lives with us [Marisa, her husband and son] and we had to make plans to send her to family in Auckland so we could keep her safe while we self-isolated. It was only meant to be two weeks, but when we went into full lockdown she got stuck up there. It’s been so long now. My son’s been complaining about my cooking, he’s naughty, yeah, but honestly, Grandma's cooking is the best. He's got the golden tongue, he says, “Grandma's cooking is the best, everyone says that.” When I cook he says, “When’s Grandma coming back?” - the cheeky boy.

Joe & Kelly Taulangovaka: Homeschooling has taught us so much about our kids

Kelly: Working from home and homeschooling has actually been a huge benefit, because before we didn't know much about what they do at school. They don't tell you, they get in and go, "Um, we read a story," or something like that. And they learn very, very differently to how we used to. I want to be able to hopefully work at least one day from home now. Dropping the kids off to school and picking them up would be amazing, I love seeing their wee faces light up when I do, compared to when I’m dropping them off at out-of-school care at 7:30 in the morning and picking them up from there again at 4:35pm. Also, I don't actually get to see the teachers or anything. It would be better for me because I'd be able to gauge where they are at school and probably bond with the kids more.

Joe: I’ve loved having more time to interact with the kids, getting to know them better, having time to do hands-on stuff. We’ve been baking and building scaffolding ramps, for them to do jumps off with their bikes. They’ve got to know how to use hammers and saws - they were loving it, eh.

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