1 Mar 2021

Cabinet are meeting to discuss latest Level 3

From Midday Report, 12:11 pm on 1 March 2021

Cabinet are meeting to discuss the latest lockdown measures in Tāmaki Makaurau - including whether tougher sanctions should be applied to those who break the rules.

Peeni Henare.

Peeni Henare. Photo: RNZ / Dom Thomas

Auckland is back in Alert Level 3 - and the rest of the country in Level 2 - following the revelation a new case went to work and several other places, instead of isolating.

The Prime Minister also confirmed this morning the two most recent cases had contact with another family - whom later tested positive for the virus - during the level 3 lockdown.

The MP for Tāmaki Makaurau and Associate Health Minister, Peeni Henare, told Māni Dunlop the Government is taking another look at what has been a high-trust model thus far.