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Sydney residents have been under the Covid-19 restrictions for more than three months

Sydney gets date for freedom as virus cases fall

Stay-at-home orders are set to be lifted in Sydney and surrounding New South Wales when the double-dose vaccination rate hits 70%.

Coronavirus • 27 Sep 21

Police outside the shopping mall in Auckland

'Extremist' shot dead as six hurt in NZ market attack

New Zealand police have shot and killed a knife-wielding "extremist" who was known to authorities, after he stabbed and wounded at least six people in a supermarket.

World • 03 Sep 21

Under the level 3 restrictions, people in Auckland are required to stay at home except for essential reasons (file pic)

Three-day lockdown in Auckland after new Covid-19 cases

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has ordered the country's biggest city Auckland into a snap lockdown for the first time in nearly six months, after three coronavirus cases emerged in the community.

World • 14 Feb 21

Police are still searching for two suspects after the fatal shooting of an officer in Auckland

Unarmed NZ police officer shot dead in Auckland

An unarmed New Zealand police officer has been shot dead on an Auckland street, the force's first death in the line of duty for more than a decade.

World • 19 Jun 20

Brenton Tarrant faces 50 murder charges - image blurred as per court order

New Zealand attack suspect to undergo psychiatric tests

A New Zealand judge has ordered the accused Christchurch mosque gunman to undergo a mental health assessment to determine if he is fit to face trial for the murder of 50 Muslim worshippers.

World • 05 Apr 19

House prices have risen sharply in Auckland in the past five years

New Zealand bans house sales to foreigners

New Zealand has passed legislation curbing foreigners' ability to buy residential property in a bid to rein in the nation's booming housing prices.

New Zealand • 16 Aug 18

The tornado ripped up trees in the western suburbs of Auckland

Tornado kills three in Auckland, New Zealand

Three people have been killed and at least seven injured after a rare tornado ripped through the western suburbs of Auckland in New Zealand.

News • 06 Dec 12

Auckland