A snarling traffic jam up to 1.5km long has greeted motorists travelling near Waipu today as police begin their programme of handing out car stickers which they hope will make travelling through the northern border checkpoints smoother. Northland police today opened two locations where locals can obtain car stickers which are meant to ensure they can travel through the checkpoints between Northland and Auckland on Wednesday. The pick-up spots are at a police van parked near the Waipu RSA and at the Dargaville Police Station. But one Northlander – who was travelling through Waipu today – described a scene of traffic chaos. The locations of the checkpoints near Uretiti on State Highway 1 and on SH12 near Maungatūroto caused some angst for Kaipara residents living south of the border.

Source: New Zealand Herald December 11, 2021 04:20 UTC