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Another close contact has tested negative for COVID-19 but several results are still pending as Auckland remains in lockdown for another day.
Three community cases recorded in south Auckland over the weekend prompted Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Sunday to throw the region into lockdown and the rest of New Zealand into alert level 2.
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Read more: Coronavirus live updates: Latest on Auckland lockdown, community case
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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has defended cancelling the citizenship of a woman accused of terrorism, leaving New Zealand to pick up the pieces thanks to her dual citizenship.
The woman, a 26-year-old identified as a terrorist belonging to Islamic State by the Turkish Ministry of National Defence, was caught trying to cross the border from Syria with her two children.
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The Defence Force will make public each occasion its soldiers are alleged to have killed civilians, as the military aims to reform itself after the damning Operation Burnham inquiry.
The inquiry last year found the Defence Force had misled ministers and the public about allegations of civilian deaths after the 2010 Special Air Service-led raid in Afghanistan, allegations which top brass failed to properly investigate. No civilians were wrongfully killed in the raid, the inquiry found.
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Opinion is split in New Plymouth over whether New Plymouth should be in COVID-19 alert level 3 along with Auckland.
Members of a Papatoetoe family infected with the UK variant of the virus travelled to Taranaki over Waitangi Weekend. The mother and daughter visited several tourist destinations and eateries in and around New Plymouth between February 6 and 8.
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Read more: Some New Plymouth residents want city at level 3
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It's the new UK variant of COVID-19 that has caused the country to be on such high alert.
The B 1.1.7 variant, first found in the UK, is raging overseas, and a new study shows it's probably more deadly.
The danger is, it's 50 percent more infectious than the original COVID-19.
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Read more: What we know about the UK variant
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Ardern shuts down calls to close borders as officials rush to identify source of new community cases
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has once again shut down calls to close New Zealand's borders, reiterating that the Government cannot legally deny citizens the right to return home.
On Sunday, it was announced that three new cases of COVID-19 had been detected in the community. It remains unknown how the initial case - an employee at the Auckland Airport branch of LSG Sky Chefs, a flight catering facility - became infected. The other two cases are family members, with all three living in the same South Auckland household.
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No new cases of COVID-19 have been detected in the community in the past 24 hours, the Ministry of Health has announced.
On Sunday, it was announced that three members of a South Auckland family had tested positive for COVID-19. It remains unclear how the initial case, Case A - who works in the laundry department at the Auckland Airport branch of LSG Sky Chefs - contracted the virus.
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Read more: No new cases in the community, five new cases in managed isolation
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has given her assurance the government will consider helping businesses should Auckland's three -day level 3 lockdown be extended, Mayor Phil Goff says.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced last night Auckland would move to alert level 3 from 11.59pm on Sunday while the rest of the country would move to level 2.
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Read more: Auckland in alert level 3 lockdown after new community cases
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