14 Aug 2020

Govt to decide Covid alert level decision this afternoon

From Midday Report, 12:14 pm on 14 August 2020

Cabinet Ministers are meeting this afternoon to decide the future of the country's alert level response to Covid-19.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern giving an update on the Covid-19 situation in New Zealand on 12 August, 2020.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern giving an update on the Covid-19 situation in New Zealand on 12 August, 2020. Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone

The country will find out at 5.30pm whether the level three lockdown in Auckland – and level two for the rest of the country – will be changed, or extended past midnight. 

RNZ's Political Reporter, Charlie Dreaver, spoke with Te Aniwa Hurihanganui.