Did we just stop summer? NZ back in lockdown

Did we just stop summer? NZ back in lockdown
Rebecca Howard
In what will be a major disappointment for the "team of five million" New Zealanders, new lockdown restrictions are being imposed after three new community cases were detected in the Auckland region, with connections to Auckland airport and Taranaki.Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the Cabinet has decided that from 11.59pm Sunday Auckland will move to alert level 3 for three days until midnight Wednesday.The rest of the country will move to level 2 for the same period. This will be reviewed every 24 hours."Three days should giv...

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