Seven Auckland suburbs will be the focus of testing and contact tracing this week as health officials try to crack the mystery Covid cases likely to keep the city at Alert Level 4.
The government says it won't make a decision on the city's alert levels until it has all the information in front of it at cabinet today but most experts expect there'll be no move to Level 3.
And there's been a strong hint from the Prime Minister that if Auckland stays where it is, so will the rest of the country.
RNZ Health Correspondent Rowan Quinn reports.