Police say they won’t be lenient at border checkpoints

As the country south of Auckland moves into level 3 at midnight tonight while Auckland and Northland stay in level 4 lockdown, police say they “are “not going to be lenient,” at border checkpoints, RNZ reports. Only those with exemptions to travel for essential reasons will be waved through the checkpoints. Police superintendent Shanan Gray says, “We don’t want to move to enforcing people that are trying to push through the borders, but obviously, if it’s absolutely blatant, then maybe we need to go down that path. But our initial approach will be to educate people.”