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Friday, August 15, 2025
Volume 16 . Issue 72
Cabinet has made an in-principle decision to move Auckland to level three, step two from next Tuesday at 11.59pm.
Waikato will also see an easing of restrictions from tomorrow at 11.59pm. That will mean retail and public facilities could re-open and the number of people who could meet outside increase to 25.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the Government's approach was necessarily careful. Senior students had only just been allowed to return, and changes such as that needed to be bedded in before a move.
Ardern said the move to step two next week would remove "some of the pressure and fatigue that we know exists in Auckland". The rest of the country's alert levels would remain the same, Ardern said.
Level 3 - Step 2 is as below
retail can operate, with customers able to enter premises, wearing face coverings and keeping 2 metres apart
public facilities like libraries and museums can reopen, with face coverings and 2-metre physical distancing required
outdoor gatherings of up to 25 people can go ahead
Cabinet has made an in-principle decision to move Auckland to level three, step two from next Tuesday at 11.59pm.
Waikato will also see an easing of restrictions from tomorrow at 11.59pm. That will mean retail and public facilities could re-open and the number of people who could meet outside...
Cabinet has made an in-principle decision to move Auckland to level three, step two from next Tuesday at 11.59pm.
Waikato will also see an easing of restrictions from tomorrow at 11.59pm. That will mean retail and public facilities could re-open and the number of people who could meet outside increase to 25.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the Government's approach was necessarily careful. Senior students had only just been allowed to return, and changes such as that needed to be bedded in before a move.
Ardern said the move to step two next week would remove "some of the pressure and fatigue that we know exists in Auckland". The rest of the country's alert levels would remain the same, Ardern said.
Level 3 - Step 2 is as below
retail can operate, with customers able to enter premises, wearing face coverings and keeping 2 metres apart
public facilities like libraries and museums can reopen, with face coverings and 2-metre physical distancing required
outdoor gatherings of up to 25 people can go ahead
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