Video / SuppliedCountdown has imposed a restriction on a number of essential items that can be purchased from Auckland stores after shoppers crowded the stores just before the country went into lockdown last night. There are limits of six items on toilet paper, flour, bags of rice, dry pasta, UHT milk, frozen vegetables, baby formula and pet food. The Warehouse Group spokesperson said the essential orders would only be filled from The Warehouse, Warehouse Stationery and Noel Leeming stores outside Auckland. Bunnings is also offering a select number of essential products for purchase online and to be delivered to customer's homes. Selected stores will be accessible to emergency services and to trade customers who require essential items to carry out critical and urgent repairs.

Source: New Zealand Herald August 18, 2021 02:26 UTC