New Zealand announces end of Covid-19 mandates

New Zealand will remove many of its Covid-19 pandemic mandates over the next two weeks as an outbreak of the Omicron variant begins to wane (Mark Mitchell/Pool/AP)

New Zealand will remove many of its pandemic mandates over the next two weeks as an outbreak of the Covid-19 Omicron variant begins to wane.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Wednesday people will no longer need to be vaccinated to visit places like retail stores, restaurants and bars from April 4.