Low volumes of traffic are using border checkpoints to travel between Auckland and the Waikato region. A carer apparently crossed the Auckland-Waikato border during the level 4 lockdown to take a client to Huntly for a bucket of KFC. Emails seen by Stuff suggest they travelled with a client from Auckland to Huntly over the weekend for an “adventure”, including fast food. READ MORE:* Covid-19: Police consider deploying extra officers to Auckland amid lockdown* Covid-19: Life on the borderline between alert level 4 and level 3* Covid-19: Northland iwi-led checkpoints considered, despite threat of arrestAt this time Auckland was at alert level 4, while the rest of the country was at alert level 3. In a reply, an area manager reminded the employee they needed to stay in Auckland during alert level 4 and would need to “find a way to have fun” in Auckland.

Source: Stuff September 09, 2021 03:00 UTC