Pursuant to clause 34 of the COVID-19 Public Health Response (Alert Levels 3 and 2) Order (No 2) 2020 (“Order”), I, Dr Ashley Bloomfield, Director-General, Ministry of Health, hereby declare that New Zealand Post, its agents, and its residential customers are exempted from clauses 15(a) and 18(1)(f) of the Order to allow entry into a building for the purpose of operating or accessing:

1. a PO Box;
2. for ‘in person’ collection services at a PO Box lobby;
3. for ‘in person’ collection services at a Card to Call counter.

The exemption is subject to the following conditions:

1. Notwithstanding this exemption, New Zealand Post must operate under the same requirements as other businesses currently undertaking business at Alert Level 3.
2. Customers of New Zealand Post subject to this exemption must follow all relevant public health and hygiene measures to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.

This exemption will begin at 11.59pm on 26 August 2020 and cease at the end of the Order.

Dated at Wellington this 26th day of August 2020.

Dr ASHLEY BLOOMFIELD, Director-General of Health.