Police add lockdown checkpoints on Auckland’s border after day of confusion and chaos

After a day of confusion and chaos at the Auckland border, police moved checkpoints on the city’s northern border overnight.

Police said yesterday they were refining the checkpoints to make sure they were closer to the border, with a checkpoint being added at the intersection of Mangawhai Rd and Coal Hill Rd in Mangawhai.

The additional checkpoint in Mangawhai means there are now five checkpoints on Auckland’s northern border, with six on the southern outskirts of the city.

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