Get your business traffic light ready

The COVID-19 Protection Framework replaces the Alert Level system from 3 December.

The framework will provide more certainty for businesses as Aotearoa manages COVID-19 in the community, keeping our businesses open and protecting our vulnerable.

The Framework, otherwise known as the traffic lights, will consist of red, orange and green settings.

Check My Vaccine Pass with NZ Verifier App

To be ready for the move to the traffic lights, businesses can choose whether to require customers to have My Vaccine Passes as a condition of entry. For some businesses, this decision will affect the rules they must operate under at different colour settings.

Businesses that require My Vaccine Pass for entry must check or verify customers’ passes at or near the point of entry, or as soon as possible after entry (for example, at the counter). Businesses must display posters advertising if they require people entering to have a My Vaccine Pass. To check passes faster and easily, you can now download and use the free NZ Verifier App. This is available from the Apple and Google Play app stores.

Vaccinations and your business

For hospitality and close proximity businesses, events and gyms, all workers must be vaccinated. This applies regardless of whether the business chooses not to require My Vaccine Passes from their customers or clients.

For more information, traffic light guidance for businesses, and downloadable posters, visit Covid19.govt.nz/traffic-lights