The government is scrapping Covid mandates for teachers despite low vaccination rates among primary aged children.
In a loosening of Covid restrictions, from Saturday there will be no outdoor gathering limits, and indoor capacity will double from 100 to 200.
The government is dropping its vaccination mandates for education, defence and police in April.
Covid-19 Minister and Education Minister Chris Hipkins told Checkpoint he is comfortable with unvaccinated staff returning to classrooms.
"Ultimately if you look at it based on our risk profile now with a highly vaccinated population, we are in a very different position now to what we were at when the mandates were introduced."
