Port Waikato 'cut off' after shock checkpoint shift
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Tue, 16 Feb 2021, 12:37PM
A mayor is calling for a small Waikato seaside community to be part of Auckland's lockdown after it was cut off from essential services and supplies when a checkpoint unexpectedly shifted yesterday.
Residents at Port Waikato face a challenging two-and-a-half hour return drive on a single-lane gravel road with no cellphone coverage to get food and petrol and access medical services after a checkpoint was moved, cutting them off from their closest town.
While the settlement is in Waikato and at the lower alert level 2, the closest town is just 30km away at alert level 3, Tuakau, which is also in Waikato.