A Mayor at the centre of a new Covid-19 case is calling for the Government to lock down the whole North Island as Delta seeps its way around the country. Waipa Mayor Jim Mylchreest says trying to extend the current North Waikato border - which includes Hamilton and Raglan - will be "really challenging" given the number of roads snaking in and out of the area. Waipa District Council Mayor Jim Mylchreest says extending the current North Waikato border to include Waipa and Kawhia would be too hard. Like Karapiro, Kawhia is currently outside the north Waikato level 3 boundary and Baxter said he was unsure if or where the town would be plunged into a higher alert level. "It's not vaccines that takes people's liberties away, it's Delta that takes people's liberties away, it's Covid itself, in essence."

Source: New Zealand Herald October 06, 2021 01:50 UTC