What we all need to do at Alert Level 3 to stay safe

• We need your support to protect New Zealand and eliminate COVID-19.

• Everyone should work from home if they can. Children and young people should learn from home. You legally must stay within your household bubble whenever you are not at work or school. 

• Keep your bubble as small as possible. If you need to, you can expand it to bring in close family, isolated people or caregivers.

• Even if you have been vaccinated, you still need to follow the rules to keep everyone safe. 

Guidance on Alert level 3 steps 1 to 3

Education Level 3 Step 2

Schools and kura will be open for tamariki in Years 1 to 10 whose parents or carers need to go to work and have no available options for childcare. All young people in Years 11, 12 and 13 should learn from home.

We encourage you to keep your tamariki at home if you have other caregiving options. Your child's school will work with you to find out which tamariki need to go into school.

Schools should provide distance learning options for all tamariki and young people who are learning from home, including those tamariki who need to self-isolate and cannot attend school.

Schools must set up bubbles to help maintain physical distancing in the classroom and outside. Each bubble should have no more than 20 tamariki or rangatahi. Teachers are not included in this total. Teachers should stay with the same bubble of students.

Lockdown tips with Dr Hinemoa Elder and Nathan Wallis

If you’re the parent of a child or teenager in Auckland, you might be feeling a bit anxious about their wellbeing during the extended lockdown or Alert Level 3. 

Lockdown tips with Dr Hinemoa Elder and Nathan Wallis