New figures show last week's level 3 lockdown cost Auckland and Northland retailers $44 million in lost earnings.
Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly
The numbers come from Paymark which accounts for 70 percent of all eftpos transactions.
It found cafes, restaurants and bars, which had to close for everything except contactless pick ups and deliveries, were most affected, and led a 21 percent decrease in spending.
Supermarkets, which were allowed to remain open, experienced a small lift in sales but this was not enough to offset the falls.
Throughout the rest of the country, which was only raised to level 2, spending over the week was down by a more modest two percent, or $6 million.
