On Monday, 23 August, Cabinet agreed to extend alert level 4 for the rest of the country, and yesterday Cabinet also confirmed a decision from last week to move all of New Zealand south of Auckland down to alert level 3 from 11.59 p.m. this evening. Cabinet also agreed to keep Auckland at alert level 4 until at least 11.59 p.m. on Tuesday, 14 September, with a review of those settings on Monday, 6 September.