Cabinet will decide today whether to greatly reduce the restrictions that have been in place for nearly seven weeks.
While many people cross their fingers that will happen, others worry the fight against the virus could go backwards.
Matire Harwood is a GP at Papakura Marae's health clinic and an associate professor at Auckland medical school
She told RNZ health correspondent Rowan Quinn that close attention needs to be paid to stop outbreaks brewing in deprived areas, with higher rates of poverty or homelessness.
