Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern urged New Zealanders to "call out" Covid-19 rule-breakers, as public anger there builds over a series of infringements that forced the country's largest city back into lockdown.
Ms Ardern - who has won widespread praise for her country's pandemic response - said the breaches that led to Auckland being shut down for the second time in a month were intolerable.
She said some people involved in the latest outbreak had ignored clear instructions to remain in isolation and failed to fully disclose their movements to contact tracers. "Those individuals are facing the judgement of the entire nation, there are consequences, undoubtedly," Ms Ardern told reporters.