Asked on TVNZ how a remand prisoner within an alert level 4 boundary could be moved into an alert level 2 house, Grant Robertson said: "It's the decision of the court." For example, people in MIQ in Auckland could go home to an alert level 2 region. Asked whether the new situation might mean Auckland would stay in alert level 4, he said "not necessarily." New Waikato casesOne of the three new Waikato cases is a child who was symptomatic while at Mangatangi School on Thursday. All of the Covid-19 cases in the outbreak were restricted to Auckland until the three new Waikato cases were announced by the Ministry of Health on Sunday evening.

Source: New Zealand Herald September 19, 2021 09:40 UTC