With daily Covid cases setting new daily records, from midnight tonight, New Zealand moves to phase 3 of the traffic light system. With more than 6000 cases, and one more death, we now have 205 people in hospital, but thankfully just two in ICU.
The government is now focusing on protecting the health system and critical supply lines, with resources targeting the most vulnerable. Isolation requirements are changing, and RAT tests will be the main way to confirm a Covid case.
Here's our political editor, Jane Patterson.
