The decision to let 200,000 Auckland children return to school next week is being met with both delight and apprehension.
The children will be heading to the classroom for the first time in three months.
Schools in level 3 areas must keep children in separate, stable groups that don't mingle, use physical distancing where practical, and enforce face masks inside for children in year four and above.
Here's education correspondent John Gerritsen.
