Clarke Gayford has waded into the conversation about the Government's somewhat delayed move to announce whether or not Auckland will be moving down alert levels.

Gayford has come under fire, after he wrote that an in-principle alert level decision was made, pending today's final test results.

Watch the video above as Heather du Plessis-Allan shares her thoughts on Jacinda Ardern's partner involving himself in the alert level controversy.

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