The Government still won't budge on naming a freedom date for Auckland

It's promising to announce on November 29 when the city can move to the traffic light system -- and this week it's confirmed the rest of the country will follow suit.

Grant Robertson met up with Auckland hospitality business owners this afternoon, for the first time this outbreak.

Many businesses are frustrated over a lack of clarity.

The Deputy Prime Minister says they have given all the certainty they can.

He says the businesses he's talked to today have been preparing and ordering ahead of the announcement -- which is the right thing to do.