Play, active recreation and sport at Alert Level 3 – Step 1

(e.g. playing in homes, neighbourhoods and playgrounds)

At Level 3 - Step 1

• Indoor play must be contained within your bubble but outdoors you can now meet one other household as long as there are no more than 10 people in total.
• Streets, outdoor parks, fields and playgrounds can all open.

Scenarios at Level 3 - Step 1:

• Outdoor playgrounds can open.
• You are able to drive within your region to play in a public space, for example, a local beach, park or playground. You can meet one other household but physical distancing from those outside your bubble (2 metres) should be maintained.

(e.g. walking or going to the gym)

Alert Level 3 - Step 1

• You can now meet people from one other household for active recreation (up to a maximum of 10 people).
• You can travel for active recreation within your region.
• Physical distancing (2 metres) with people outside your bubble should be maintained.
• Activities should remain low risk and within your current abilities and don’t pick up new activities.
• Contact activity or sharing equipment or balls with people outside your bubble should not go ahead.

Scenarios at Level 3 - Step 1

• Gyms and public pools cannot open.
• Personal trainers and professional coaches can now carry out in person coaching as long as it is outdoors, involves a maximum of 10 people and physical distancing is maintained .
• Short walks (for example, under 3 hours) on easy trails are permitted.
• High risk activities are discouraged, because these activities expose participants or other users to increased danger and may require complex search and rescue services.

(e.g. team sport)

Contact sport – is an activity, particularly a team activity, where you are coming into close contact to others as part of competing or taking part in that activity – for example, physical contact sports like rugby, and sport where there is close contact like football, squash, basketball, hockey or netball.

Non-contact sports – are activities in which you can comfortably avoid coming closer than 2 metres to others as part of participating in that activity – for example, running, cycling, golf or bowls.

Alert Level 3 - Step 1

• You can now meet people from one other household for non-contact sport (up to a maximum of 10 people) outdoors.
• You can travel for sport within your region.
• Physical distancing (2 metres) with people outside your bubble should be maintained.
• Activities should remain within your current abilities and don’t pick up new activities.
• Group activities with more than one other household outside your bubble are not allowed.
• Lower-risk activities only: care should be taken not to be injured and require medical care.
• Contact activity or sharing equipment or balls with people outside your bubble should not occur.

Scenarios at Level 3 - Step 1

You can train at your home or outside with people from one other household only. For example, going for a run or weight training.

Do not share equipment outside your bubble. For example, you should not play frisbee or kick a rugby ball with people outside of your bubble.

Avoid using things like playground equipment or benches in public spaces for your training.

If you’re exercising outdoors, maintain physical distancing from those outside your bubble (2 metres). Try to avoid places with a large number of people – and do not arrange to meet more than one other household.

You can travel within your region to get to a destination for sport and recreation (for example, going to a particular park or trail). Check in advance whether the place you’re going to is open – not all areas will be open.

Participate in low-risk activities only: care should be taken not to be injured and require medical care.

For outdoor sports where 2 metres physical distancing is possible e.g. golf, tennis, bowls etc:

• Public facilities will be closed. Private facilities (e.g. clubhouses, toilets, showers) cannot open except for use by workers (with appropriate public health measures in place).
• A COVID-19 safety plan must be in place, including risk controls for any staff that may be on site (e.g. grounds person).
• Contact tracing measures must be in place.
• Common touch points must be minimised. It is good practice for the facility owner to sanitise all surfaces (e.g. gates, flags, holes, nets etc) after each use. Users should sanitise their hands after touching them.
• Don’t share food or drink, and water fountains should not be used.
• Don’t share equipment (e.g. clubs, balls, towels, water bottles etc) outside of your bubble.
• You can only play with people from one other household (up to a maximum of 10 people in total).
• Physical distancing of 2 metres from anyone outside of your bubble is strongly encouraged.
• There can be no congregating. You must leave as soon as you have completed your recreation activity.

(e.g. swimming, kayaking, surfing)

Lower risk – would be activities that you can comfortably undertake, and have done so previously, in conditions that do not pose any additional risk (e.g. calm water or moderate temperatures).

High risk – would be challenging activities, or challenging conditions (e.g. high winds, large waves, rips or cold-water temperatures).

Alert Level 3 - Step 1

More water-based activities are now possible. You can now go:

• Sailing and boating (with people from the same household)
• Fishing from a motorised boat or vessel
• Scuba diving
• Jetskiing

Water-based activities are discouraged where they would expose participants to danger or require search and rescue services.

• Maintain 2 metres physical distancing with people outside your bubble.
• Remain within your current abilities and don’t pick up new activities.

Scenarios at Level 3 - Step 1

All public aquatic facilities are closed (only workers can enter premises).

More water-based activities are now possible. You can now go:

• Sailing and boating (with people from the same household)
• Fishing from a motorised boat or vessel
• Scuba diving
• Jetskiing

You must: not meet people from more than one other household, and stay within the limits of your abilities. Physical distancing of 2 metres is strongly encouraged.

High risk activities are discouraged, because these activities expose participants or other users to increased danger and may require complex search and rescue services.

Further guidance on boating and water-based activities at each alert level is provided by Maritime NZ (www.maritimenz.govt.nz/recreational/).

If in doubt, then don’t go out.

(e.g. sports which sell merchandise or run bar/café facilities)

Alert Level 3 - Step 1

• All venues and sporting facilities are closed.
• Everyone should work from home if possible. Workers should only come into the premises if they can’t work from home and appropriate measures are taken. If these measures cannot be taken, staff must not go to work and premises should remain closed.
• Contactless retail/merchandise open to customers for pickup or delivery. Customers cannot enter premises.
• Businesses cannot offer services that involve close personal contact, unless it is an emergency or critical situation. All hospitality services and venues remain closed, and no food or drink to be consumed on premises.
• Only essential regional travel (e.g. travel to work), travel to other regions is not allowed.

Scenarios at Level 3 - Step 1

Individual businesses should follow MBIE and WorkSafe NZ advice.

• You cannot travel to other regions (e.g. you should not be travelling from Hamilton to Auckland) other than in limited circumstances. See the covid19.govt.nz website for more information.