Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern

The death toll in the shooting incident at a hospital campus on Wednesday (local time) in Oklahoma's Tulsa city rose to five, including the shooter

New Zealand authorities said Friday they shot and killed a violent extremist.

New Zealand will move to the top-level 4 alerts from midnight after a positive COVID-19 case has been identified in the Auckland community, which is likely to be the Delta variant, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced Tuesday.

Aupito William Sio recalled the terrifying day during his childhood when police officers holding German shepherd dogs turned up at his family home before dawn and shined flashlights into their faces while his father stood there helpless.

A man began stabbing people at a New Zealand supermarket Monday and five people were injured, authorities said.