Coronavirus: What Alert Level 2 looks like on day one
Thursday, 14 May 2020
Barbershop & Co in Auckland's Birkenhead opened its doors to customers at 12.01am on Thursday as the country moved into alert level 2.
The New Zealand Government has dropped numerous restrictions and moved the country to Alert Level 2.
Many cities and towns are expected to be busy with people keen to get out again, after almost two months of extreme restrictions designed to battle the spread of Covid-19.
Stuff's photographers headed to the streets on Thursday morning to capture people regaining a sense of freedom.
Christchurch
Tamati Brocherie working out at Iron Hood gym in Christchurch on the first day of Covid-19 alert level 2.Commuters at Wellington Railway Station on the first day of level 2 restrictions.A worker places electric scooters back on the streets just past midnight in Christchurch.Mike Leigh is selling homemade face masks at the Wellington Railway Station.Cathedral Junction Barbers owner Conrad Fitz-Gerald cuts the hair of a customer just past midnight.Ashley Green, left, Kurt McInerney, Charlotte Worner and Amy Nomdo enjoy a coffee at C1 Espresso in Christchurch on the first morning of Covid-19 alert level 2.Customers supply track and trace details at La Cloche café in Wellington to manager Jennifer Guiraud.McDonalds in Frankton, Hamilton, was busy sending out Uber orders on the first day of Level 2.Lines at Kmart in Henderson, West Auckland, after 9am on the first day of level two. Broadway Newmarket retailers are back in action under the first day of level 2. Queenstown Lakes District mayor Jim Boult has lobbied hard for extra assistance for the region.A woman poses for the camera outside Bob the Barber.New Plymouth boaties were queueing at Port Taranaki boat ramp before dawn broke on Thursday.Parking spaces filled up quickly at Port Taranaki boat ramp in New Plymouth on Thursday.Empty for weeks, New Plymouth's main street was full of life once again on Thursday.Shelby's Barber Gang owner Kelvin Wong back at work on Thursday morning in New Plymouth.Arber's Barbers in Fitzroy, New Plymouth, had a large queue of people waiting to get a trim on Thursday morning.Barbershop Co in Birkenhead was open at 12:01am for level 2 haircuts Corbin Harkness in the chair.1Barbershop Co in Birkenhead was open at 12:01am for level 2 haircuts.Barbershop Co in Birkenhead was open at 12:01am for level 2 haircuts. Members of the police made a walk past, this man questioned their attendance and suggested they go elsewhere.People out and about enjoying a coffee and catching up with friends on the first day of level 2 in Ponsonby, Auckland.An Auckland inner city gym operating again for the first time since New Zealand moved to Covid Level 2.An Auckland inner city Cafe gets ready for its first day under Covid Level 2.Retailers in Newmarket are back in action under the first day of level 2.Queenstown Lakes District Mayor Jim Boult and AJ Hackett Bungy New Zealand co-founder Henry van Asch were the first jumpers on Thursday morning as the country moved into level 2.Queenstown Lakes District Mayor Jim Boult and AJ Hackett Bungy New Zealand co-founder Henry van Asch were the first jumpers on Thursday morning as the country moved into level 2. Coronavirus, lockdown, Covid-19.The drive through at this McDonalds in Hamilton still had a lot of customers on Thursday morning.Wellington commuters head into the CBD on Thursday morning.Not many commuters were heading into Wellington's CBD from Johnsonville on Thursday morning.Mike Leigh is selling washable face masks for $15 in Wellington.
Wellington
Commuters straggled through Wellington Railway Station on Thursday morning, many wearing masks.
A number of trains arriving at the station were near-empty, while others carried a fraction of the passengers they did before the lockdown.
Outside the station Mike Leigh was selling homemade face masks for $15 each.
He’d sold a few in the hour he’d been there.
'I certainly think they’re a good idea on public transport.'
