Personal movement

At Alert Level 3, we recommend you stay in your household bubbles whenever you’re not at work or school.

You legally must stay within your household bubble. You can expand this to:

connect with close family and whānau

bring in caregivers, or

support isolated people.

It’s important to protect your bubble. Keep your bubble exclusive and only include people where it will keep you and them safe and healthy. If anyone within your bubble feels unwell, they legally must immediately self-isolate from everyone else within the bubble.

Do not invite or allow social visitors, such as friends, extended family and whānau, to enter your home.

Physical distance

Keep your distance when outside your home.

Maintain physical distancing of 2 metres outside your home, when buying the groceries or exercising.

Face coverings

You’re strongly encouraged to wear a face covering when you’re outside your home and in a place where it’s hard to stay 2 metres away from other people, like in shops.

You legally must wear a face covering on public transport.

Face covering advice and requirements

Local travel

You can travel within your local area, for example going to work or school, shopping, or getting exercise. Public transport can continue to operate with strict health and safety requirements.

Local travel at Alert Level 3

Travel between regions

At Alert Level 3 travel between regions is heavily restricted.

Regional travel

Border restrictions

There are controls at the border for those entering New Zealand. This includes health screening and testing for all arrivals, and mandatory 14 day managed isolation or quarantine.

Border restriction information