Rueben Taipari, Tai Tokerau Border Control regional coordinator, said the location and timing of checkpoints had yet to be confirmed. Tai Tokerau Border Control volunteers hand out Covid-19 leaflets at an iwi-run checkpoint in Kaikohe during level 3. Photo / Peter de GraafIt was not immediately clear whether police were on board with the self-declared border control group's plans. During levels 3 and 4 police worked with the iwi group to enforce lockdown travel rules, but police have not previously supported checkpoints at lower alert levels. Photo / Michael CunninghamNyze Porter, logistics coordinator for Tai Tokerau Border Control, said iwi were already taking steps in case the virus had spread but the government wasn't playing its part.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 25, 2021 22:07 UTC