There are no new Covid-19 cases - the fifth day in a row without a new one. There are just 21 active cases.
No patients are in hospital with Covid-19 for the first time since New Zealand went into lockdown.
The good news comes as director general of health Ashley Bloomfield reveals there are no new Covid-19 cases today. It is the fifth day in a row since New Zealand has recorded a case. Only 21 coronavirus cases are active, he says.
Bloomfield said in alert level 4 a lot of people got out to exercise and he encouraged them to continue those habits.
Maintaining that level of physical activity, that would help you to stay healthy over winter, he said.
The Ministry of Health was continuing to work with the Ministry of Transport to promote the benefits of walking and cycling.
It has asked for more advice on when masks should be worn from various technical advisory groups.
That advice is still being finalised and would be made available soon.
International students to return?
Work is under way to allow international students back into the country, but everyone coming in would need to comply with quarantine or managed self-isolation.
Bloomfield had signed off "a handful" of applications for people coming into New Zealand for infrastructure needs, but said economic development minister Phil Twyford signed off screen industry exemptions.
The health ministry is looking at options for foreigners coming into the country on exemptions to self-isolate or quarantine in their country of origin and testing before they fly but the current requirements are still for them to use the managed facilities.
The focus of testing will shift when the country moves down to alert level 1.
There is a proposal before Cabinet for a testing regime at the border to begin on June 8.
There have been just three new cases of Covid-19 in the past fortnight.
On Monday, the Ministry of Health said New Zealand would eliminate the virus if there were no new cases for at least 28 days and the country continues to have strong border measures.
