We are now in level 3.
What does this mean?
What are we allowed and not allowed to do during these next two weeks?
Let's take a look.
ECE centres will open and so will primary,
intermediate and secondary school up to year 10
for essential students only.
The workforce is expected to double to 1 million workers.
Major work sites are allowed to start again.
Travel throughout the country is still limited.
Only one-way direction,
tangihanga and if you are needing to return home
after the four-week lockdown you may do so.
After cooking for four weeks,
some might be holding out for their local takeaway.
Drive-thrus are open,
some are delivering
and contactless pickups are available.
Our reporter Te Okiwa McLean
has been checking out the drive-thru lines
since this morning
and is standing outside one the country's most famous drive-thrus.
People around the country have flooded to fast food restaurant
drive-thrus to partake in food they haven't had for a month,
places like McDonald's and KFC.
Te Okiwa, what's the latest?
Yes, indeed Scotty.
I am outside KFC in Ponsonby
who only just opened its drive-thru at 3 pm
and if you see behind me
it's still a busy with people trying to buy
their favourite fast food.
However, this morning
I went to patrol a few of McDonalds' drive-thrus
around Auclkand and let me tell you
the public definitely missed the taste of fast foods.
A new day breaks and the drive-thru to Maccas is now open.
It was a gathering of multitudes ranging from adults,
youth right through to toddlers.
Although most were annoyed
that fast food restaurants were locked down,
some also benefitted staying home.
The time now is currently 11 am and although the drive-thru
has only been opened for six hours
the tides of cars are still coming through.
As you can see behind me the end of the cue is there
and it keeps going right around.
A sign that the general public is starving for their takeaway fix.
However, some weren't lining up in any cue.
However, a Maori health advocate at Toi Tangata
has made a bold statement saying that fast foods have no mauri.
Maori and Pacific Island descendants are over-represented
in obesity statistics.
Tunks says fast foods are okay as a treat.
It's clear that for some,
takeaways are an essential part of life.
Just so everyone is aware it's not only major
fast food restaurants that are open.
Today, Toby's Seafood were open as Te Manahau is more than aware.
On their menu they have chips and snapper on the menu
as well as raw fish.
But as we know,
fast food is all the rage right now with our people.
Thank you for the update,
Te Okiwa McLean.
Yes, I can still taste the food I ate from Toby's.
Go on inside and grab yourself a KFC.
We know that's exactly what you want right now.