On 11 August, four cases of community transmission were discovered in Auckland. They were all from the same family, who had no link to overseas travel or quarantine measures in the country. Ardern announced that the entire Auckland Region would move back up to Alert Level 3 from 12:00 on 12 August until 23:59 on 14 August. The rest of the country would move up to Alert Level 2 for the same period. On 14 August, Ardern announced that the lockdown settings would be extended by 12 days until 11:59 pm on 26 August, and that the Government would be extending the wage subsidy scheme to support businesses and protect jobs in response to the new outbreak.
