The Minister responsible for managed Isolation, Megan Woods, has described a second attempt to enter an isolation hotel as "utterly reckless".
Police say a 33-year-old man forced his way into a facility in Auckland on Friday and had contact with someone in isolation, who has tested negative for the virus.
On Wednesday last week, a woman attempted to sneak in to an isolation hotel in Rotorua.
Professor Shaun Hendy is a physicist from Auckland University who specialises in modelling complex systems and networks.
He spoke to Māni Dunlop.