Experts fear New Zealand's strength in keeping Omicron at bay could soon be our weakness - with the virus' peak pushed out to when our immunity is waning.
Today there were 209 new community cases of Covid-19, bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the outbreak to 12,630.
That's well down on the previous predictions of one overseas research group, which forecast 50,000 daily Omicron infections by Waitangi weekend.
But, as political reporter Charlie Dreaver explains, the wave may not be far away.
