"There were times during the peak of our Covid response where I longed for this particular day."
The wistful words of the PM as he announced; Covid confinement is canned from one minute past midnight tonight.
The government's ditching the seven day isolation period for people positive for the virus.
The final mask mandates are going too.
Health Minister Ayesha Verrall explains while mandatory isolation is going, the government would still like infected people to stay at home.
