What constitutes an essential business under Level 4?

If all goes well and Covid-19 case numbers continue to drop, the Government has announced Auckland could move to Alert level 3 as early as next Tuesday. Until then non-essential businesses around the city are sitting tight and waiting for the storm to pass. But the question of what constitutes an essential business is increasingly a grey area. Why, for example, can you get a box of donuts and a bottle of gin delivered to your house but not a book or a bunch of flowers? The issue has some business owners frustrated and disheartened as their finances dwindle. Ella Stewart explains.