Here's how braindead life under government decree is ... take note @NZFinMin

We wanted to online order 6 bottles of gin. However, government has decreed online seller can only accept orders of 3 bottles a time. I don't know of a shortage of gin, but for some reason we're 1/x

rationing gin. And from here we go all farce.

The etailer gets gin from wholesaler in boxes of 6. So they have to have a staff member open the new box, take 3 bottles out, then put packaging in so remaining 3 bottles don't break, as well as finding a makeshift carton to send 2/x

the now un-homed 3 bottles out in. But we want 6, so we order two days in a row. This now means the courier makes two separate trips (contacts) with etailer warehouse, and two contacts with us: two more contacts in total than necessary. Worse, the etailer's process has become 3/x

so inefficient they've had to close to all new orders while they try and manage their backlog orders.

... we have stopped community transmission in our region. Please, open the damned shops (level 3 is still lock down for most of retail, & also means further business failure).