{"id":21904,"date":"2021-08-24T11:25:17","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T14:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=21904"},"modified":"2026-04-23T16:21:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T19:21:59","slug":"new-zealand-extends-level-4-lockdown-until-august-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/new-zealand-extends-level-4-lockdown-until-august-27","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand extends &#8220;Level 4&#8221; lockdown until August 27"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The government of New Zealand has announced Covid-19 countermeasures will remain in place until August 27. However, in Auckland restrictions will last until August 31.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>New Zealand.- As new Covid-19 cases continue to appear,<strong>&nbsp;authorities in New Zealand have decided to extend the country&#8217;s Level 4 lockdown<\/strong>&nbsp;until August 27. However,<strong>&nbsp;measures will be extended until August 31&nbsp;in Auckland<\/strong> as it was the epicentre of the outbreak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under the &#8220;Level 4&#8221; lockdown, people can only leave their houses to buy food or medical supplies or for socially distanced exercise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/skycity-auckland-linked-with-covid-19-case\">SkyCity Entertainment Group\u2019s<\/a>&nbsp;Auckland venue was in the spotlight after a guest tested positive for Covid-19 last week. The customer visited on Saturday August 14. According to local media reports,&nbsp;<strong>there were 240 workers at SkyCity Auckland<\/strong>&nbsp;and thousands of patrons deemed close contacts were told to isolate.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SkyCity also closed its venues in Hamilton and Queenstown<\/strong>&nbsp;until further notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to health authorities, 38 new Covid-19 cases were detected in New Zealand in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The government of New Zealand has announced Covid-19 countermeasures will remain in place until August 27. However, in Auckland restrictions will last until August 31.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":21929,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"New Zealand has extended its nationwide Level 4 Covid-19 lockdown until August 27, with Auckland facing restrictions until August 31 due to its status as the outbreak's epicenter. This has directly impacted SkyCity Entertainment Group, which closed its Auckland, Hamilton, and Queenstown venues after a guest at its Auckland property tested positive, leading to thousands of patrons and hundreds of staff being deemed close contacts.","focusai_entities":"SkyCity Entertainment Group","focusai_location":"New Zealand, Auckland, Hamilton, Queenstown","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), compliance_legal (0.7), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.8)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact SkyCity?","query":"What is the projected daily GGR impact on SkyCity Entertainment Group from these extended land-based venue closures, and how does this affect their full-year financial guidance?"},{"label":"Capital Allocation Adjustments?","query":"How will SkyCity's capital allocation strategy and operational expenditure forecasts be adjusted in light of prolonged venue shutdowns and the potential for future public health-related disruptions?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,156,158],"tags":[23907],"class_list":["post-21904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-regulation-news","category-slider-home","tag-land-based-casino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21904"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21936,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21904\/revisions\/21936"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21929"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}