{"id":9314,"date":"2020-08-24T23:26:12","date_gmt":"2020-08-24T23:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=9314"},"modified":"2026-04-24T02:27:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T05:27:59","slug":"nz-extends-auckland-lockdown-until-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nz-extends-auckland-lockdown-until-sunday","title":{"rendered":"NZ extends Auckland lockdown until Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Casinos in the city will remian shut  at least until Monday, when businesses will be allowed to reopen under level of alert 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New Zealand.- Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has extended the level of alert 3 in Auckland city at least until Sunday at midnight. The rest of the country remains on alert level 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ardern also introduced mandatory mask wearing on public transport across the nation, as 150 people were diagnosed with Covid-19 since a <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/nz-auckland-goes-back-into-higher-alert\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cluster of community transmition was detected<\/a><\/em><\/strong> in Auckland on August 11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From Monday, Auckland is expected to enter level of alert 2 along with the rest of the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This means businesses will be allowed to reopen but mass gatherings will be restricted to 10 people or less, while in other areas of New Zealand gatherings of up to 100 people are allowed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Casinos and gaming companies including SkyCity and TAB NZ have been <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/skycity-and-tab-nz-hit-by-quarantine-extension\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">impacted by lockdown measures<\/a><\/em><\/strong>. SkyCity closed its Auckland casino and entertainment facilities again, while the group\u2019s casinos in Hamilton and Queenstown remain open with corresponding physical distancing and hygiene measures for alert level 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TAB NZ also shut its Auckland branches and implemented safety measures at the rest of its betting shops.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Casinos in the city will remian shut at least until Monday, when businesses will be allowed to reopen under level of alert 2.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Auckland's Alert Level 3 extension until Sunday, followed by Alert Level 2, mandates the continued closure of casinos and gaming branches in the city. Gaming operators like SkyCity and TAB NZ are directly impacted, with SkyCity's Auckland casino remaining shut while its Hamilton and Queenstown facilities operate under Level 2 protocols. This regulatory action necessitates operational adjustments and impacts regional GGR.","focusai_entities":"Jacinda Ardern, SkyCity, TAB NZ","focusai_location":"New Zealand, Auckland, Hamilton, Queenstown","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (1.0), marketing_crm (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Impact Analysis","query":"What is the projected GGR and NGR impact for SkyCity and TAB NZ in Q3 and Q4, considering the extended Auckland lockdown and ongoing Level 2 restrictions across New Zealand?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Adaptations","query":"How are New Zealand's gaming regulators adapting governance frameworks to balance public health mandates with the operational continuity of licensed B2C and B2B entities?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,156],"tags":[2603,338],"class_list":["post-9314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-regulation-news","tag-auckland","tag-new-zealand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9314","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9314"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9319,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9314\/revisions\/9319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}