A new Covid-19 record today - as daily case numbers cross the 1000 mark for the first time.
At least 1,160 new cases have been recorded in the community - bringing the total cases to more than 23,000.
It's Day One of Phase 2 in the government's Omicron Response - as New Zealand learns to live with the virus.
But while restrictions are relaxing, authorities say now is not the time to be cavalier - people should keep scanning in.
Here's our deputy political editor Craig McCulloch.
