There are three new cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand - the 12th day in a row of single-digit case numbers.
Director-general of Health Ashley Bloomfield also had no further deaths to report.
He confirmed there are a total of 1476 Covid-19 cases in New Zealand, 347 of which are considered probable.
As 1241 people have recovered, the number of active cases is 235 – about 83 of all confirmed cases have recovered.
Seven people are in hospital and no one is in ICU.
Today is the third day of Level 3 and although the new numbers of cases remains low, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern continues to remind people to be vigilant.
She also revealed that the Government would not be rushing to get to Level 2 any faster than it needed to, as New Zealand can't afford a second wave.
The past couple of days have seen people flock to fast-food outlets, after more than a month of home cooking.
Yesterday, Ardern had a strong message to those congregating outside the takeaways waiting for food – keep your distance.
Today, Ardern directed her comments towards the owners of the food outlets and those who are working in the kitchen.
She added that the Government will also be enforcing social distancing.
More than 400,000 people are back at work this week – "this comes with extra responsibility", she said.
"While people can now enjoy takeaways and pickups, it is vital that we keep our physical distancing and stay at home if there is no need to be outdoors."
The Government is monitoring news and social media to follow up on instances where Level 3 rules are breached.
"We all have a responsibility to make this new phase of this Covid-19 response work."
She urged people to continue to act like they have Covid-19.
"The last thing we can afford is a spike in cases."
The move to Level 2
Ardern said 75 percent of the economy is operating - but that comes with a responsibility for people to maintain physical distancing.
She again said that alert Level 3 was the "waiting room".
In terms of moving to the next alert level, the Government will be very focused on having the virus under control, she said.
Ardern warned that if New Zealand moved too quickly through Level 3, there would be a higher risk of a second wave.
"This would be horrific for our economy."
Bloomfield said the Government will be keeping a close eye on businesses' physical distancing too, when it comes to a decision about going to Level 2.
The Government "wouldn't necessarily" need to see zero new cases before the country moves down to Level 2.
Ardern said it also matters where the cases were coming from.
At Alert Level 2, a big focus for the Government will be mass gatherings.
Ardern told people to continue to expect limitations around mass gatherings.
She added a lot of work is to be done before a transtasman bubble is put into practice.
But she said she's talking to Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison on this regularly.
No game bird hunting under Alert Level 3
Bloomfield said if people get a text reminding them that it's time for a smear test, that people should seek to get that.
He encouraged people to keep their hospital appointments.
He said people can take their pets to the vet, under the new Level 3 rules.
He said pets are important members of people's family.
But he said hunting of game birds is not permitted in Level 3.
Covid-19 vaccine trials
Bloomfield said there 90-100 trials currently under way to help develope a Covid-19 vaccine overseas.
He said the Government was very keen for an ANZAC approach to rolling out a vaccine, when it's available.
He said he would have more to say about that in the coming weeks.
This year's election and Budget
Ardern said there are no plans to change the election date from September 19, and the three months campaign period before that date will remain the same.
Ardern said "giving more income to those who have the least" would be a Budget priority.
But she would not go into detail - saying she would not be making Budget announcements today.
Ardern said legislation giving effect to the 20 per cent MP pay cut will be before the House "soon".
Ardern said the Government has been trying to "pick up the pace" when it comes to MSD data, such as benefit numbers.
