hmm, update on this situation: we had another month of ticking along with 10-30 cases per day in Auckland, (which has been in level 4 - full lockdown - and shut off from the rest of us) while other parts of NZ were at level 2. Now the government have basically given up on elimination - the white folks are vaxxed now, while Pasifika, Māori and the poor are bearing the brunt of the current outbreak, and have much lower vaccination levels.