The move to the orange light of the COVID-19 protection framework has come as a relief to New Zealand's indoor sporting codes.
Top of the list is netball's ANZ Premiership, which has started its 2022 season behind closed doors.
Netball New Zealand has confirmed tickets will go on sale on Wednesday for the upcoming weekend's fixtures, hopeful that crowds will turn out to support their sides financially as well as on the court.
But a lack of crowds hasn't been the problem for the ANZ Premiership so far this season, with COVID-19 providing the biggest disruption.
So far, six matches have been forced to be postponed due to positive COVID cases within squads.
As a result Northern Mystics haven't played in almost two weeks, while Northern Stars have only been able to take to the court in two of their six matches.
The two Auckland-based sides are instead in a behind-closed doors friendly match at Trusts Arena on Wednesday night.
"You can train as much as you like, but at the end of the day, match play - there's no substitute for it," Mystics assistant coach Rob Wright told Newshub.
"It just gives us a real opportunity to look at some combos before we have to put them out on the weekend."
It's so far, go good for the ANZ Premiership this weekend - with all three scheduled matches to go ahead in front of crowds, as the tournament looks to get back on track.
