Matthew Hooton: Lockdown 4 sparks Jacinda Ardern's wrath 4 Mar, 2021 04:00 PM 6 minutes to read Auckland has moved to alert level 3 lockdown for seven days from February 28 at 6am. Auckland has moved to alert level 3 lockdown for seven days from February 28 at 6am. NZ Herald OPINION: The Prime Minister is grumpy. Publicly, Jacinda Ardern's frustration was directed at a sick KFC worker. But the worker was just the victim of bog-standard displacement anger, with the real sources of Ardern's wrath being health officials and, to a lesser extent, the police. Contrary to growing perceptions, Ardern's criteria for a lockdown are clear. If the source of a new infection is known, she will rely on the track-and-trace system. But if transmission is unknown, Ardern will apply her "hard and early" doctrine.