New Zealand yoga industry suffers as anti-vax sentiment co-opts wellness industry

Rejection of Covid vaccines among wellness community has been blamed on popular social media accounts that spread disinformation

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Many know Wanaka, a picturesque tourist town at the foot of New Zealand's Southern Alps, for its most famous tree.

The willow, which blooms uncannily from the glacial lake as if floating on water, represents different things for different people. For some, the miracles of a divine nature, for others, a marvel easily explained by science.