There are 29 new cases of Covid-19 since yesterday and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says New Zealanders have saved lives by staying at home over the past fortnight.
A group of Auckland design students have utilised their artistic prowess to show appreciation for the country's essential workers.
With the help of digital billboard advertising network Lumo, 10 Auckland University of Technology students have designed billboards that are now on display throughout the country.
Ruby Spark came up withthe idea to make the billboards after a conversation with her mother who works part-time as a new-born hearing tester.
"Not even just hospital people but truck drivers and stuff, and we were just talking about ways we can show our appreciation."
Lumo's Grey Lynn billboard showcasing one of the designs. Photo / Supplied
From there, the third-year design student thought about how people were still driving to work and how there were lots of empty billboards.
She put the message out to her friends to see who would want to create billboard designs and her mother contacted Lumo to see if they would back the student's plan.
"It's just a message of thanks and appreciation, like a little message before they go to work or at the end of a long day so they can see that we all support them."
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A lot of the displays were designed individually and then merged at the end.
