Video / NZ HeraldA woman who told officers she needed to pass through a Northland checkpoint to feed stock was caught by police with shopping instead. Police stationed at the State Highway 1 checkpoint stopped the woman as she attempted to return to Auckland but noticed something was amiss. Another driver questioned at the same checkpoint on Thursday ignored police instructions to return to Auckland and attempted to drive through the border into Northland. Evident in the 40 vehicles turned around at Northland's five police checkpoints on Thursday. All permitted workers must provide evidence of a Covid-19 test taken in the last seven days in order to pass through alert level boundaries.

Source: New Zealand Herald September 17, 2021 03:33 UTC