Police checkpoints have been established at Auckland's regional borders as the latest chapter in the Covid-19 pandemic unfolds. At Mercer, south of Auckland, police checkpoints were up and running within minutes of the new alert level activation. "Police will re-establish road checkpoints in and out of the Auckland region when Alert Level 3 restrictions come into effect," police said in a statement last night. "The checkpoints on the outskirts of Auckland will be stopping vehicles and questioning drivers, ensuring there is no non-essential movement through the region. Border checkpoints were a contentious matter in the most recent "circuit-breaker" lockdown, when confusion broke out at the city's northern border over redrawn boundaries.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 27, 2021 20:16 UTC