Auckland put into Alert Level 3 lockdown for 7 days, rest of NZ return to Alert Level 2 Photo / Getty Auckland is being put into an Alert Level 3 lockdown and the rest of New Zealand will move to Alert Level 2 from 6am tomorrow morning, 28th February. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said that she was advised about a Covid-19 new case in South Auckland this afternoon. It was a family member of a student from Papatoetoe High School. That student had tested negative 3 times before and had no known symptoms - that means there is no current link. Genome testing is underway - and there is a strong assumption that it's from the current cluster.