Answers to Some Common Questions: What are the rules for gatherings? For most day to day activities at schools, the rules for gatherings do not apply. Under the COVID-19 Public Health Response Order, schools are exempted from physical distancing requirements when people are there to receive, provide, or support education services. Other health measures must however be in place including appropriate physical distancing (at Alert Level 2 for students - not touching each other and giving some breathing space; for adults 1 metre from other adults when practicable), hand washing, staying away if sick, contact tracing systems and regularly cleaning and disinfecting high touch surfaces. Other students and staff can come onsite for learning purposes such as out of hours music and art programmes, and technology centres (as they are there for education reasons). However as soon as your event or activity brings people onsite who are not there for education purposes, including students, parents and caregivers, then the rules for gatherings do apply. This would include performances such as school plays, cultural events and sporting activities. Requirements for gatherings at Alert Level 2: • gatherings must have no more than 10 people in each defined space in Auckland • keep high hygiene standards • keeping a physical distance from people you don’t know remains important. If you can't maintain physical distance from people you don't know (recommended 1 metre where practical), participants could consider wearing a face covering • contact tracing must be in place (display QR code posters). • no one should participate if they have COVID-19 symptoms or if they need to be in isolation for any reason. | 
