A North Shore house party which clearly breached Covid-19 restrictions was not only disappointing for himself, but also "disappointing for Aucklanders who are doing the hard yards", Director-General of Health Dr Ashley Bloomfield says.
Police on Sunday told 1News they had received a number of reports after footage of the party was posted to social media on Saturday night.
Footage shows a large number of people partying inside, not wearing masks and ignoring social distancing.
One of those at the party has since apologised for their behaviour.
"Of course it may be disappointing for me but I imagine it's even more disappointing for Aucklanders who are doing the hard yards here," Bloomfield told Breakfast on Monday.
"To those who are doing those things - just don't. It's not going to help and it's not going to help Auckland come down out of the Alert Level 3 restrictions sooner."
However, Bloomfield added this activity was not common.
"It's very much a small minority doing this, what we see is the vast majority of Auckland still doing exactly what needs to happen and that is abiding by those Alert Level 3 restrictions.
"So huge thanks to them, that's where the focus should be."
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