Auckland restaurant and cafe owners say the time has come to drip feed more freedoms to the double vaccinated.
It was anything but the Monday morning rush in central Auckland today, as the region enters its ninth week in lockdown.
But business owners advocating for 'vax and dine' have found an ally in a local epidemiologist, but he warns opening too early will have dire consequences.
Here's our reporter Nick Truebridge and cameraman Nick Monro.
