Covid 19 coronavirus: Sudden restrictions send weddings and funerals into disarray 15 Feb, 2021 12:05 AM 4 minutes to read Families and couples are being forced to postpone weddings and funerals due to the sudden level 2 and 3 restrictions. Photo / File Families and couples are being forced to postpone weddings and funerals due to the sudden level 2 and 3 restrictions. Photo / File Herald reporter based in HamiltonNikki.Preston@nzme.co.nz About 80 Auckland funerals have been postponed today due to the change in Covid-19 alert levels with the Funeral Directors Association warning it puts a lot of last minute stress on grieving families. Brides and grooms-to-be will also be anxiously faced with making the big call over whether to postpone their nuptials as the change in alert levels - which prevents gatherings of no more than 10 in Auckland and no more than 100 in the rest of the country - comes into force.