Play, active recreation and sport at Alert Level 3 – Step 2

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

Alert Level 3 - Step 2

• Indoor play must be contained within your bubble at home as recreation centres and gyms remain shut.
• You can now meet in groups of up to 25 people to play outdoors. Physical distancing is strongly encouraged to prevent the virus from spreading between households.
• Streets, outdoor parks, fields and playgrounds can all open.

Scenarios at Alert Level 3 - Step 2

• 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 with up to 25 other people outdoors 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 2

• You can now meet other people for active recreation (up to a maximum of 25 people) outdoors.
• 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 with people outside your bubble should not go ahead.

Scenarios at Alert Level 3 - Step 2

• Gyms, indoor recreation facilities and (indoor and outdoor) swimming 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 25 people and physical distancing of 2 metres 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, 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 2

• You can now meet people from other households for non-contact sport (up to a maximum of 25 people) outdoors.
• You can now share equipment for non-contact outdoor sports. The equipment should be regularly sanitised and physical distancing should be maintained.
• 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.
• Lower-risk activities only: care should be taken not to be injured and require medical care.
• Contact activity with people outside your bubble should not occur including sports where this is close contact.

Scenarios at Alert Level 3 - Step 2

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

You can share equipment when playing with people from other households for non-contact sports outdoors. For example, you can play frisbee or kick a rugby ball with people or play tennis outside of your bubble so long as physical distancing can be maintained. You should sanitise the equipment.

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.

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, cricket 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.
• You can now play with people from other households (up to a maximum of 25 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 risks (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 2

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

• Sailing and boating (it is recommended that you only do this 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 Alert Level 3 - Step 2

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 (it is recommended that you only do this with people from the same household)
• Fishing from a motorised boat or vessel
• Scuba diving
• Jetskiing

You must: not meet more than 25 people, and stay within the limits of your abilities. Physical distancing of 2 metres is strongly encouraged.

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 2

• Retail shops can open, with customers keeping 2 meters apart. Staff and customers are required to wear face coverings.
• 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.
• All hospitality services and venues must remain contactless.
• Only essential regional travel (e.g. travel to work), travel to other regions is not allowed.

Scenarios at Alert Level 3 - Step 2

• 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 govt.nz website for more information.
• If your premise has different facilities on site (for example, a library, gym and café), each facility must follow the rules that apply to the type of business it is.