Health officials found 94 new local infections, eclipsing the 89 that were reported twice during the early days of the pandemic 18 months ago. Most of the new cases were in Auckland, but seven were found in the nearby Waikato district.
New Zealand had successfully eliminated earlier outbreaks by imposing tough border controls and strict lockdowns, as well as aggressive contact-tracing and isolating those who were infectious. But the approach failed against the more transmissible delta variant. The government has since eased some of Auckland's lockdown rules, allowing more people to return to work.
But that goal remains some distance away, with 85% of eligible people having had at least one dose and 67% fully vaccinated. The numbers are lower among Maori. "There are burning embers all over the city," Baker said. "They have lifted the wet blanket of the strong lockdown, and people are getting lockdown fatigue."
Prime Minister there couldn't have tried harder she did everything. Now it's down to the nation...good luck
So New Zealanders surrendered their freedoms and became voluntary prisoners in their own houses all for nothing.
No one cares about covid anymore