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The Government is set to announce any changes to alert level settings as authorities scramble to respond to new community cases outside of Auckland's lockdown.

New Zealand director Jessica Hobbs has won an Emmy award for The Crown.

New Zealand director Jessica Hobbs has won an Emmy award for The Crown.

Gabby Petito and Brian Laundrie. Photo: Supplied Searchers looking in a national park in Wyoming for missing Gabby Petito found a body "consistent" with the 22-year-old woman in a remote area on Sunday but have not yet made a formal identification, the FBI said.

Victoria has recorded its highest number of Covid-19 cases in the current outbreak and one death, as businesses groups describe the state's roadmap out of lockdown as a "roadblock".

florence_parly_getty.jpg Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly. Photo: Getty Images France has cancelled a meeting between the Armed Forces Minister and her British counterpart planned for this week after Australia scrapped a submarine order with Paris in favour of a deal with Washington and London, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

Armed Forces Minister Florence Parly. Photo: Getty Images France has cancelled a meeting between the Armed Forces Minister and her British counterpart planned for this week after Australia scrapped a submarine order with Paris in favour of a deal with Washington and London, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

Renee Boyd. Photo: Supplied An Auckland ceramicist who survived breast cancer three years ago has been diagnosed with brain cancer and has 10 brain tumours.

Renee Boyd. Photo: Supplied An Auckland ceramicist who survived breast cancer three years ago has been diagnosed with brain cancer and has 10 brain tumours.

File image: Getty Plans to celebrate Christchurch’s status as an Antarctic gateway next month have been put on hold.

Recreation rules are being relaxed in Sydney as vaccination rates continue to climb. Photo: Getty Images New South Wales has reported 935 new locally acquired cases of Covid-19, dipping back under 1000 daily infections, and four deaths.

Recreation rules are being relaxed in Sydney as vaccination rates continue to climb. Photo: Getty Images New South Wales has reported 935 new locally acquired cases of Covid-19, dipping back under 1000 daily infections, and four deaths.

A screenshot of the new MIQ booking system, launched this morning. Photo: Jonathan Brewer Frustration is boiling over as New Zealanders abroad desperate to get home for Christmas wait in a queue of more than 22,000 others, mere moments after the new managed isolation (MIQ) booking system launched this morning.

Some unsettled weather looks to be on the way for the South Island, bringing heavy rain, strong winds and the chance of thunderstorms in some places.

Some unsettled weather looks to be on the way for the South, bringing heavy rain, strong winds and the chance of thunderstorms in some places.

Cardrona skifield. Photo: Cardrona Alpine Resorts Lockdown and the end of the transtasman bubble has had a devastating impact on South Island ski fields, leading to more than $3 million in wage subsidy claims.

Te Anau. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES Kim Jong-un's Pyongyang marches on its own time but now a tiny South Island tourist town will join the rebellious nation and set its own clocks.

There are 22 new cases of Covid-19 in the community today as Cabinet meets to decide on whether to lift Auckland's lockdown.

n7hcbfgyy6xfh3tcjqkfc3eu3y.jpg The 5107sq m piece of land at 5 Donald Place, just off St Albans St, has sold. Photo: Supplied A former bowling club site in an upmarket north Christchurch suburb has sold for $10 million.

All eyes are on today's number of Covid-19 cases in the community as Cabinet ministers meet to decide whether Auckland can move out of lockdown and if alert levels change for the rest of the country.