The lifting of rules comes as the country records some of its highest daily case numbers since the pandemic began.
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New Zealand Extends Auckland Lockdown
The city, Auckland, has been in lockdown since Aug. 17, after an outbreak of the Delta variant.
After Knife Attack, New Zealand Criminalizes Terror Plotting
A law passed Thursday makes planning a terrorist attack a crime, addressing a legal loophole weeks after an ISIS sympathizer stabbed people at a supermarket.
New Zealand Will Ease Covid Lockdown in Auckland
Restaurants and cafes will reopen for takeout in the country’s second-most populous city. But Prime Minister Jacinda Arden said she remained committed to stamping out the virus.
After Stabbing Attack, New Zealand Examines Its Antiterrorism Efforts
A man who wounded seven people in a supermarket had been under surveillance for months. Officials say a loophole in the country’s laws needs to be closed.
6 Stabbed in New Zealand Supermarket ‘Terrorist Attack’
The man was under surveillance when he injured six people at a West Auckland supermarket on Friday, officials said. The prime minister called it a “terrorist attack.”
New Zealand To Begin a Three-Day Lockdown after a Single Case is Reported.
The country has since reported seven cases in total of the Delta variant.
Tsunami Warning Lifted for New Zealand After 8.1-Magnitude Earthquake
The temblor was one of three powerful earthquakes that were recorded within eight hours in the South Pacific off New Zealand, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
How to Celebrate New Year’s Eve 2020
The year that seemed to drag on forever is finally coming to an end.
New Zealand’s Advance Preview of a Post-Coronavirus World
What it feels like to leave New York and land in a parallel universe of calm politics and good health.