29/05/2020
COVID Level 2 Update effective from 29 May 2020 12pm
Social gatherings can be held with up to 100 people
The limit for social gatherings will be lifted to 100 people. These include events at home and outside of home like religious services, parties, weddings, tangihanga and funerals. It is important everyone keeps playing it safe.
This means:
While hospitality businesses continue to have the 100 person limit per defined space, group bookings of more than 10 people will be permitted, but the 3 S’s — seated, separated, single-server — still apply.
A funeral or tangihanga will also have a 100 person limit, and organisers are no longer required to apply to the Ministry of Health to hold one.
Social gatherings at a private dwelling will be able to have a maximum of 100 people.
A business or responsible individual, in charge of a social gathering, must ensure records are kept for contact tracing purposes, except where every person in a gathering knows each other. This includes in your home, community hall, or other such space.
Participating in community sport will also become easier, with greater numbers of people able to gather up to a limit of 100 people.
Requirements for contact tracing still remain.
Workers providing a service to a social gathering, such as waiters at a wedding, are not included in the 100 person limit.
Some examples:
A group of 15 people could book a table at a restaurant. The 3 S’s will still apply.
A game of community rugby could occur so long as there are no more than 100 people on the field. Groups of up to 100 spectators will be permitted if they are separate to the field and do not intermingle with players or umpires.
A restaurant that employs 20 staff could have an additional 100 customers on site at any one time.
