AUCKLAND: New Zealand's largest city Auckland will remain under a Covid-19 lockdown for at least another two weeks, although some restrictions will be eased, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday.

Ardern said the city of 2 million would move down to level three on New Zealand's four-tier coronavirus response system by late Tuesday even as authorities remain committed to eliminating a Delta variant outbreak.

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