8 Sep 2022

Govt considering scrapping Covid traffic light system

From Checkpoint, 5:45 pm on 8 September 2022

The government is actively considering scrapping the traffic light framework completely. The system has guided New Zealand's Covid-19 response since December last year.

But with Covid case numbers and hospitalisations at their lowest levels in months, the country's pandemic response is in for a shake-up. Here's our political reporter, Katie Scotcher.