Tamaki Makaurau will remain at alert level 3 for at least the next two weeks, making Auckland's lockdown 76 days.
The government will roll out a new business support package on Friday to help them get through.
There have been 386 cases of Covid-19 in the community in the last week and 150,000 eligible Aucklanders are still not vaccinated at all against the disease.
Newmarket Business Association chief executive Mark Knoff-Thomas spoke to Corin Dann.
