Police are investigating how a person in stage 3 lockdown in Whangārei travelled to Queenstown through Wellington with out an appropriate travel exemption.
The person flew from Whangārei to Wellington on a industrial flight on Saturday, police stated.
He stayed in a single day at a lodge close to Wellington Airport on Saturday night time earlier than flying to Queenstown on Sunday morning.
The person was travelling for employment however didn’t have the mandatory documentation to go away Whangārei underneath Covid-19 alert level 3, they stated.
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Police say the person is now self-isolating in Queenstown after leaving Whangārei’s stage 3 lockdown.
He’s now self-isolating in Queenstown.
The information comes amidst a raft of calls for a hard border between the South and North Islands.
Police are serving to the Ministry of Well being hint the person’s actions in Wellington and Queenstown, they stated.
They’re additionally working to grasp how he was permitted to fly with out the suitable documentation.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern conceded that the state of affairs meant a necessity for tighter checks at airports within the occasion of future regional lockdowns.
“In contrast to Auckland and others the place you could have the AvSec (Aviation Safety) employees, not all our regional airports have that traditional staffing that may rapidly change up their strategy in an effort to be sure that we’re doing that documentation examine.
“I don’t essentially have the complete image as as to if that contributed to the difficulty right here.”
Ardern stated that whereas before everything “we ask folks to really observe the principles, and day by day persons are doing that with out having to be stopped, requested and checked”, there would have to be stricter checks.
“However sure, one of many issues we might want to guarantee sooner or later if we’re utilizing for any cause localised lockdowns, is simply as a part of our checks to make sure that we’re endeavor a few of that at every airport.”
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