New Zealand extends COVID-19 restrictions

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced a 12-day extension of the country’s COVID-19 restrictions, after a cluster of cases grew to 29.

There are four alert levels in New Zealand, and Auckland has been on level 3 since Wednesday.

The rest of the country is on level 2, and Ms Ardern said both would be extended.

New Zealand has had success containing coronavirus, and went 102 days without a community transmission.

The cause of the cluster in Auckland is still being investigated.