Police and residents appeared to have given up blocking a road on the border of Coromandel Town to help keep out fleeing Aucklanders. Tensions were high last night after Manaia residents blocked the road when it was announced a Covid-19 positive Devonport man and his wife visited Coromandel Town at the weekend. Manaia residents, together with police, at the road block on SH25 this morning. Earlier, the Manaia resident told the Herald they had blocked the road, with help from police, to keep out non-Coromandel residents. Owner of Umu Cafe Coromandel Josephine Fraser says she received a call from the Health Ministry about 5 o'clock saying they had been identified as a location of interest.

Source: New Zealand Herald August 17, 2021 22:40 UTC