After 48 days at the 'red' traffic light setting, Te Tai Tokerau has finally joined the rest of the country at 'orange'.
Northland has been relatively Covid-free this summer - clocking up just a handful of locations of interest this month.
Businesses are celebrating the step-change in traffic lights but Northlanders are divided - Tai Tokerau Border Control is slamming the move as "ridiculous".
RNZ political reporter Anneke Smith has the story.
