 It was never intended to be applied the way it has been, and it was not designed to facilitate recovery from something like the COVID-19 lockdown”.In response to the COVID-19 lockdown ordered by Government on 25 March 2020, the Chief Executive of Infrastructure New Zealand, Paul Blair noted that the construction sector was already in a precarious situation prior to the pandemic, and that one third of all construction jobs were at risk within months.He urged the Government to create sector-specific criteria that would allow the construction industry to return to work immediately, with appropriate health and safety measures in place.