On the morning of 28th April, the first day of Level 3, we estimate traffic volumes have increased by around 5% in Auckland, Tauranga and Hamilton, and by nearly 15% in Wellington from last week. This suggests more people are heading back to work, but perhaps has at different speeds across sectors and regions.

Our dashboard will be useful to track how much activity rebounds in Level 3 and beyond. The full dashboard is here.

What happened during Alert Level 4?

We used roughly 25% more broadband internet as we worked from home and entertained ourselves.
We used 15% less electricity. While we were home more, many businesses were closed.
Number of flights across our three main airports were down 85%.
Job ad listings fell by two thirds as not much work could happen during lockdown, and people searching for jobs halved. But both have trended higher since mid-April.
When we had the data, spending on electronic cards had halved.