The announcement of what will happen when New Zealand moves to alert level 3 shouldn't change how we behave under alert level 4.
Western Waikato Emergency Operations Centre Duty controller Andrew Loe said while the update about alert level 3 was helpful to know, it hasn't been put in place yet.
"We can't blow the halftime lead, we're still on level 4," said Loe.
"The signs are good, but we're still getting new cases every day in the Waikato. We all need to stay on the level 4 restrictions until the whistle blows on that. Then we move into the next level."
New Zealand announced a four-week lockdown would be in place as of 11.59pm Thursday, March 26 as part of alert level 4 restrictions.