'Delta level 2' will look different, an expert says the new mandate for mask-use, social distancing and record-keeping are crucial to reduce risk of 'superspreading' events.

With the move to level 2 coming at midnight on Tuesday for everywhere beyond Auckland, here is what you can and cannot do under the new Covid-19 restrictions.

Here are the rules you need to know for domestic travel, including strict new rules for border crossings.

Schools will open on Thursday, while new mask rules have been unveiled as well as a reduction in the maximum number of people allowed in hospitality venues.

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"If you’re out and about and visiting indoor venues, please wear a mask," Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday.

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Initially launched with a hiss and a roar, the detail of the mandatory Covid-19 tracer record keeping that businesses running 'busy places' must do is lacking.

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Liz and Peter Elliott came out of retirement to help the vaccination effort, and ended up working for their daughter at a Palmerston North clinic.

Leading figures in the education sector are calling for greater clarity around mask use in schools at level 2.

A small change on Air New Zealand's website — a pop-up alert for would-be fliers — may stop people travelling between alert levels without an exemption.

Financial pressure has mounted for Taranaki businesses locked out of trade, but now those able to reopen in level 2 are preparing to swing open their doors.

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There are 126 locations of interest, with pharmacies and supermarkets among the latest additions.

Barbers and hairdressers outside of Auckland are preparing for a busy three weeks of sorting out the long locks of lockdown.

Golfers have been seen playing at a closed golf course in Auckland’s Chamberlain Park, even though the sport is not allowed at alert level 4.

The move to level 2 is good news for families like the Rayners of Invercargill, who have been juggling school and work at home for the past few weeks.

Businesses outside of Auckland breathed a sigh of relief at the move to alert level 2 at 11.59pm on Tuesday.