Ardern announces Auckland's Covid lockdown will lift on Sunday
by Elle Hunt in Wellington and agencies from on (#5EZ0H)
Prime minister thanks New Zealand for complying with seven-day restrictions on fifth day of no new community cases
Auckland's seven-day lockdown is due to lift on Sunday morning after no new cases of coronavirus were recorded in the community on Friday.
The prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, said Auckland would go from alert level three to level two at 6am on Sunday, while the rest of the country would move down to level one.
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