Traffic Light System Update
24th November 2021
As per the governments announcements on Monday afternoon, please note the following:
New Zealand to Enter the New Traffic Light System on 3rd December
The whole country will be moving into the new system at 11.59 on 2nd December (effectively from Friday 3rd December):
- Auckland will enter at the RED level
- Other regions will start in the ORANGE or RED level depending on regional vaccination levels
- No regions will go directly to GREEN
Auckland Hair Dressers and Barbers to Trial the New System
Hair dressers and barbers in Auckland will be allowed to open from Thursday 25th November to trial the new vaccination passport system. This is a trial of the system for this industry only, so unfortunately it does not mean that we can do hair & make up on set yet.
PS! Once we enter the new traffic light system on 3rd December, it is expected that all productions that use vaccination passports will be able to do Close Proximity work (although with appropriate PPE and hygiene measures in place).
Revised Screen Industry Protocols for the Traffic Light System
ScreenSafe are working hard to revise the Screen Industry protocols in line with the new Traffic Light System. Since we are still waiting for further government guidance about the new system, including the new legislation in regards to workplace vaccinations, the final protocols may not be ready by the 3rd of December. However we aim to issue enough guidance so that productions will still be able to operate safely from the 3rd of December.
Your Vaccination Passport
If you are double vaccinated you are now able to get your vaccination passport. You must have this in order to attend a vaccination passport shoot.
For more information, please go to this link: https://mycovidrecord.health.nz/
NZ Pass Verifier App
This is the official Ministry of Health phone app to verify if someone is fully vaccinated (or has a medical exemption). It is now available to download on any Apple or Android phone.
You can find more information HERE.
Sincerely,
The ScreenSafe COVID-19 Group
Link to full release here in PDF.
Last updated on 25 November 2021
