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Second-hand bookstores defeat Covid © Provided by Newsroom Back from the lockdown brink, many Kiwi second hand bookshops are flourishing — at least while the domestic tourist boom continues. Matteo Di Maio reports Lockdown. An almost total absence of overseas tourists. A fragile industry at the best of times. And yet, Kiwi second-hand bookstore owners say, business is booming. Sales are currently above pre-Covid levels, said Rachel Pope, the owner of   books in central Hamilton. “It’s...