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While public health experts are urging caution about moving Auckland down to level 2 this Wednesday night, businesses say it's imperative if they are to survive and save jobs.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will tell the country at 3pm today whether alert level settings will be eased or extended as the number of new cases continues to fall.
The Cabinet's decision comes as the conflict between public health and economic factors becomes even starker.
Research at the weekend revealed 89 per cent of businesses in Auckland are on the wage subsidy and an Auckland Business Chamber survey showed almost 20 per cent of businesses did not believe they would survive.
Chamber chief executive Michael Barnett said today he was surprised to hear some experts wanting a lockdown extension of up to two weeks.

"We are hearing some tough stories, people losing their businesses, threats to their homes," Barnett told Mike Hosking. "The call from business is widespread - it's about survival, it's about minimising job losses.

"I would be absolutely saying [move to level] 2, but I am almost wanting to go... is it possible to do a 1.5? The messaging needs to be clear from Government that they will manage the border.
"We need to give business confidence that they are going to be able to survive and be able to minimise those job losses.
"The lockdowns we are seeing at the moment are unsustainable. We need to come up with a better model. I'd be saying businesses can only open with a QR code - food and beverage, look they are good at hygiene, they are good at the QR codes. Give them a better break than what we have done at the moment."