Winter is coming and New Zealand will remain at the Orange setting to keep the Omicron outbreak under control.
Meanwhile, Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins says cases are expected to spike in the colder months.
The government will review the settings in late June.
University of Auckland computational biologist David Welch spoke to Corin Dann.
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