School leaders are delighted the government will be supplying masks and rapid antigen tests, now the country is in Phase Three of the Omicron outbreak.

There are nearly 700,000 rapid tests available to schools from today, but they can only be used as a last resort to supervise children who cannot stay at home. 

The president of the secondary principals' association of New Zealand Vaughan Couillault spoke to Māni Dunlop.