Photo / Michael CraigAlmost 2000 vehicles were denied entry through police checkpoints at Auckland's northern and southern boundaries in the past week. Under Auckland's level 3 restrictions only essential travel was allowed in, out and through the Supercity. Of the 1988 vehicles that were turned away - 558 were from northern checkpoints and 1430 from southern checkpoints. All the checkpoints were removed at 6am this morning when Auckland moved to alert level 2 and the rest of the country went to alert level 1. "Police would like to thank all residents for their co-operation and compliance during the alert level 3 period," a police spokesperson said.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 07, 2021 05:42 UTC