here<\/a>. In summary: Supermarkets, doctors, service stations and pharmacies will remain open, and will remain stocked. There may be certain restrictions, like different opening hours or a limit on the amount of people allowed in-store, but they will remain open.
\nShop for the supplies you need, but go as infrequently as possible. The point of the entire exercise is to as far as possible eliminate people\u2019s contact with one another. And remember to stay vigilant, even while you\u2019re shopping. Stay two metres away from each other.<\/p>\nWill schools be closed?<\/strong>
\nYes. Same for ECE and tertiary institutions.<\/p>\nDo I have to self-isolate from my own household?<\/strong>
\nNo. The idea is you form a bubble; say, your family or the group you flat with. Unless one of you is sick, in which case that person should self-isolate as a precaution within the self-isolation. A bubble within a bubble.<\/p>\nCan I go visit friends or family?<\/strong>
\nNo. Your self-isolating unit, or \u201cbubble\u201d, is the only direct social contact you\u2019re allowed. That means you and the other people you live with. As Jacinda Ardern put it, \u201cWhatever your bubble for the month is the bubble that you must maintain.\u201d
\nIf you need to stay social \u2013 which is recommended for mental health and wellbeing \u2013 we\u2019ve written a few tips about things you can do while self-isolating.<\/p>\nWhat if I live alone?<\/strong>
\nArdern has suggested a \u201cbuddy system\u201d; if you live alone, you and another person who lives alone can form a bubble together and support one another, on the basis that they agree not to have contact with anyone beyond.<\/p>\nWhat if I can find a way to qualify as an \u201cessential worker\u201d? Does that mean I get to catch up with friend?<\/strong>
\nNo. The goal of the lockdown is to limit the spread of the virus and if you\u2019re looking for exceptions to the rule, you\u2019ve missed the point of it and means New Zealanders could die.<\/p>\nCan I go outside?<\/strong>
\nYes. You\u2019re allowed go to the supermarket, pharmacies and doctors (phone ahead!). You are also allowed to go outside for some fresh air or exercise, but the two metre rule remains the same. You should not be interacting with anybody outside your self-isolation unit.
\nYou can drive locally, if you are going to essential services. The key is that there must be no face-to-face congregation in public spaces. Once more, you should not be interacting with anybody outside your self-isolation unit.<\/p>\nMy family member is due to arrive home on a flight after the lockdown has begun. What do they do?<\/strong>
\nThey must self-isolate for 14 days in the city in which they arrive, with the rules that have been in place for the past while.<\/p>\nWhat if I am an essential worker and I need childcare?<\/strong>
\nIona Holsted, secretary for education, clarified today that some parents who are essential workers will need to find a childcare. Their carer then becomes a \u201ctrusted buddy\u201d who is identified as part of that particular self-isolated group. \u201cIt is critical that that buddy cannot then have other contacts other than your own household. You all become one group \u2026 the smaller the better.\u201d<\/p>\nI have shared custody of kids. Can they move between homes?<\/strong>
\nThe guidance is that they can if you live in the same community as the other household, but not if we\u2019re talking separate cities. If you have kids going from one household to another, however, both homes become part of the same bubble. Or to switch metaphors, the only two links in the chain.<\/p>\nWill I still continue to receive mail?<\/strong>
\nYes. NZ Post is an essential service, and will continue to deliver. Post shops may be closed, so if you use those to pay your bills, you will need to find other arrangements.<\/p>\nWill I still be able to shop online?<\/strong>
\nIt depends entirely on the business. Some overseas-based digital storefronts for buying movies, games and ebooks, for example, will remain open, though deliveries may be delayed. Most NZ shopping portals for non-essential items will be closed for the duration of the lockdown.
\nOnline supermarket shopping will continue but people are encouraged not to gobble up the delivery slots, so that people who really need those deliveries can get them.<\/p>\nWill my rubbish and recycling be collected?<\/strong>
\nRubbish, yes. Recycling, usually, but check online. Some authorities may suspend recycling collections.<\/p>\nHow will this be enforced?<\/strong>
\nCompliance with the lockdown will be enforced by the police and the New Zealand Defence Force.
\nPolice commissioner Mike Bush said New Zealanders could expect to see a strong police presence, and likely also some military presence. These authorities have the power to enforce the lockdown if they see people flouting the rules, for example, by congregating in public.
\nBush stressed that this is about education and encouragement. \u201cWe don\u2019t want to get into a place where we have to enforce these decisions, but we will if required.\u201d<\/p>\nWhen will it end?<\/strong>
\nFour weeks is the minimum. It will be reviewed as we approach that date. Keep in mind that, despite the lockdown, the Covid-19 numbers will get worse before they get better.<\/p>\nWhat would make it get extended?<\/strong>
\nA lack of success in stamping out Covid-19. As prime minister Jacinda Ardern put it: \u201cIf you hang out with that friend at a park or see that family member for lunch, you risk spreading Covid-19 and extending everyone\u2019s time in level 4.\u201d<\/p>\nRemember, we’re all in this together! Take care, and stay home.<\/p>\n
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