They had no trepidation about returning to Auckland, where they're expected back in their office jobs on Friday, albeit most likely working remotely, from home, which Shannon Young said both could do if they had "extended the holiday" and stay in Hawke's Bay.
But it's especially important for her to get back to Auckland, for in level 3 she becomes an in-office worker, in IT and a vital cog in the cycle of keeping systems going and making sure they don't crash, so that others can continue working from home.
Napier was providing something of an Auckland climate, from warm sunshine to overcast, to brief rain, to chilly late afternoon, when as 20-minute tour of the CBD and Marine Parade after 4pm found about 50 people out-and-about.
They included a dozen exercising dogs, six skateboarders (one motorised speeding through a city intersection with traffic lights and another aged about 50 exhibiting a sense of youthful freedom and gliding along the wrong side of the road on Marine Parade, three people just-sitting at a barbecue table, one cyclist, one runner and one static taking a selfie.
