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
Police checkpoint in Mercer, at the southern border of Auckland.
Photo: RNZ / Dan Cook
Residents of the Northland town of Mangawhai Heads had a day of absolute confusion as to which alert level they were in.
The Health Order to implement the alert level changes and the official government Covid-19 website showed maps with the town outside of the Auckland area.
However, police checkpoints had been set up to encompass the town within the Auckland zone.
Over the course of the day, three Northland towns - Mangawhai, Kaiwaka and Oneriri - were part of Auckland s restricted travel zone.
Even Kaipara Mayor Jason Smith had no idea which alert level his residents were at.