The good news about Father's Day at level 3 is that takeaways are back on the menu — if that's his thing — and so are dad-friendly activities such as fishing off the beach.
The bad news is that level 3 offers only a small expansion of household bubbles. It doesn't allow gatherings, except for up to 10 people at weddings and funerals/hui mate, and it doesn't allow household bubbles to be combined.
If you do want a big get-together to honour that special dad, you may have to resort to a Zoom call this year. And you always could have a second, in-person Father's Day celebration once Northland drops to level 2, when gatherings of up to 100 people are permitted.
Go to covid19.govt.nz/alert-levels-and-updates/alert-level-3 for a full explanation of level 3. Some of the key rules are:
Stay home