Matt Cowley: More robust contact-tracing could achieve more targeted lockdowns 17 Feb, 2021 09:00 PM 3 minutes to read After three community cases were announced in Auckland, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced that the region will shift to alert level 3 and the rest of NZ to alert level 2 from 11.59pm Sunday. Video / Ministry of Health After three community cases were announced in Auckland, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced that the region will shift to alert level 3 and the rest of NZ to alert level 2 from 11.59pm Sunday. Video / Ministry of Health Bay of Plenty Times OPINION: I am genuinely concerned for how many scares people can tolerate from escalating Covid-19 alert levels before they start ignoring them.