More details have now become available as the Government passes COVID-19 Response (Urgent Management Measures) Amendment Act.
Routine Inspections
These would be considered non-essential services, and are now deferred until the lockdown period is over or the restrictions go down to Level 2.
Routine Maintenance
These maintenance issues are likely to be considered non-essential services and are expected to be deferred until the lockdown period is over or the restrictions go down to Level 2.
Urgent Maintenance
Depending on the nature of the problem, this can be considered essential or non-essential. If the maintenance issue is related to power, water, gas, waste (the essential services), then the landlord can contact an essential services company to perform the repair.
In December 2021 NZ moved away from the alert level system to the COVID-19 Protection Framework (traffic lights). Follow this link to the summary of real estate activities permitted under various traffic light settings