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New Zealand has ended its strictest lockdown phase and entered Level 3, with 400,000 Kiwis returning to work, takeaways open, and fishing, surfing and swimming permitted.
Local media reported lines outside McDonald's drive-through from 3am on Tuesday morning, and by 10am the food app Regulr - which many local cafes and restaurants are using to allow pick-ups - had crashed nationwide.
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