Auckland will move to alert level 1 at midnight tonight. All the theories remained "unlikely" but that didn't prevent health chief Ashley Bloomfield from recommending a move to alert level 1. Given that the cluster now appeared well contained, and there was no evidence of any larger cluster, it was appropriate that Auckland moved to alert level 1 at midnight. She told TVNZ this morning that, bar anything significant happening, Tāmaki Makaurau would move down to alert level 1. Ministers will also assess the economic and societal effects of an alert level change.

Source: New Zealand Herald February 21, 2021 23:42 UTC