Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says what New Zealanders have done over the last two weeks is huge

She says in the face of the greatest threat to human health we have faced in over a century, Kiwis have quietly and collectively implemented a nationwide wall of defence.

Ardern says the Government may have had powers that come with being in a national emergency, but Kiwis held the greatest power of all.

She says you've made the decision that together, you could protect one other - and you have.