While there have been some expected delays,
Police report the public have been cooperative and
understanding.
Eight checkpoints were set up around
Auckland’s regional boundaries as the Alert Level 3
restrictions came into effect at midnight.
Police are
in the process of setting up additional checkpoints, and
refining the location of existing checkpoints to ensure they
are as close as possible to the boundary. These will all be
in place by 6:00pm this evening, and will remain in place
until midnight Wednesday 17 February.
The current
three existing checkpoints north of Auckland will be
relocated back to the same five locations from the last