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Major events including The Great Kiwi Beer Festival in Christchurch, the New Zealand Masters Games in Dunedin and Auckland's New Zealand Fashion Week have all been cancelled.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Sunday announced strict measures would come into force after the nation recorded its first confirmed community spread of the Omicron strain.
Jacinda Ardern has announced she will delay her own wedding after putting all of New Zealand on Covid Red Alert.