{"id":318075,"date":"2021-09-20T05:42:04","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T05:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asiapacificreport.nz\/?p=63769"},"modified":"2021-09-20T05:42:04","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T05:42:04","slug":"auckland-moves-cautiously-to-covid-alert-level-3-rest-of-nz-stays-put","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/09\/20\/auckland-moves-cautiously-to-covid-alert-level-3-rest-of-nz-stays-put\/","title":{"rendered":"Auckland moves \u2018cautiously\u2019 to covid alert level 3, rest of NZ stays put"},"content":{"rendered":"
RNZ News<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n Auckland will move to alert level 3 from 11.59pm on Tuesday night, and stay in level 3 for at least two weeks, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced.<\/p>\n The rest of New Zealand will remain in level 2, but will move from gatherings of 50 up to gatherings of 100.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, part of northern Waikato has been issued a section 70 order, requiring people who live or work there to stay at home.<\/p>\n “We are not stepping out of level 4 because the job is done, but nor are we moving because we don’t think we can achieve the goal of stamping out covid-19 – we are moving because level 3 still provides a cautious approach while we continue to stamp out covid-19,” Ardern said.<\/p>\n “It means staying in your bubble, it means contactless transactions and keeping your distance. It means we say thank you to Auckland for their tireless work, and we collectively keep going.”<\/p>\n Twenty two new cases were reported today, the majority of them household or known contacts. Five were unlinked, and three of those were within one family, and there was a tentative link for that family, Ardern said.<\/p>\n\n