The hospitality sector is starting to get back on its feet following a busy weekend under Orange.

The chief executive of Wellington's hospitality group Kupura, Jamie Williams, told Tim Dower the Friday trading saw a massive decline as people couldn't work out if they were allowed out or not.

But he says the weekend went well and there's a sense of positivity in the air.

Williams says people are over Covid - and they just want to carry on, live a normal life and enjoy New Zealand again.

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