On April 27 , 2020 , New Zealand moved into an alert level 4 due to coronavirus .
On 20 April , Ardern announced that New Zealand would move to alert level 3 at 11:59 pm on 27 April , with businesses and schools being allowed to have employees enter the premises during the last week of alert level 4 to prepare the facility for the transition to alert level 3 .
2020 coronavirus pandemic in New Zealand