The Government has issued a strongly worded recommendation to schools to enforce mask-wearing for the first four weeks of Term 3.

But it's stopped short of making masks compulsory nationally, instead leaving it to each school to decide for itself.

Auckland Primary Principals Association President Wendy Kofoed told Heather du Plessis-Allan that in her experience parents are hugely supportive of students wearing masks.

“This is just part of our school culture. And it's one of the reasons I think we've been able to minimise student and staff infections in our school.”

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