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'Risky', 'not under control': experts react to Auckland alert level decision
It comes as six new suburbs in Auckland are seeing higher rates of unlinked cases.

Communities split over free school lunches
Full list: Which schools will get free school lunches?

Free school lunches: North Island (except Wellington)
Full list: North Island schools getting free school lunches (except Wellington).

Shut the front door! Landlord's costly move before home wrecked
The landlord wanted his tenants gone. His eviction methods have proved costly.

Choosing childcare: The price war in the suburbs
New daycare centres are touting for a shrinking number of children.

Birkdale mystery: Man in hospital with critical head injuries
A man was found with critical head injuries at the Verran Rd property.

Head injury mystery: Man critically ill, police investigating
The man's injuries are "unexplained", police say.

Armed robbery, police appeal for sightings
Police say the pair threatened a staff member before nabbing cigarettes and cash.

North Shore Police seek pair involved in Mobil robbery
Police were called to reports of a robbery at the Mobil on Verrans Corner in Birkdale.

Major police presence in Auckland city suburb
More than a dozen police cars have swarmed on a suburban street.

Dog caught entering neighbours' homes, defecating on their pillows
Dog's owner says he's been too ashamed of Jack's actions to speak up about them.

Police hunt vandals after tyre-slashing spree in Birkdale
Police are hunting for those responsible for slashing car tyres on a North Shore street.

'Absolutely disgusting': Car tyres slashed on entire street
Several residents on a North Shore road have had their car tyres slashed.

Master of flip: Sale price jumps $160k in six weeks
The brick and tile home went on the market for the first time in half a century this year.

Car and motorbike crash in Birkdale, one person critical
Two ambulances attended the incident that occurred around 6pm.

Bridges makes last-ditch push in Northcote
National leader Simon Bridges made a last bid for votes in Northcote this afternoon.

The huge difference in Mobil petrol prices across Auckland
Petrol companies cite local competition as a factor in price differences.

Mabo's flown the coop: Zoo seeks escaped cockatoo
Aucklanders are being asked to keep an eye out for a cockatoo that's escaped from the zoo.

Teen smashed into ground after hoop snaps
Hunter Goodsell was badly hurt when the Auckland Council hoop snapped at the base.

Auckland vote-bribe complaint referred to police
Man in Northcote electorate alleged to have offered woman $50 to vote for National.