A member of the general public is believed to have tipped off police to a person who travelled from alert degree 3 lockdown in Northland to Queenstown by way of Wellington with out an appropriate travel exemption.
Police have confirmed 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 evening earlier than flying to Queenstown on Sunday morning.
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Police say the person is now self-isolating in Queenstown after leaving Whangārei’s degree 3 lockdown.
The person was travelling for employment however didn’t have the mandatory documentation to depart Whangārei below Covid-19 alert level 3, they stated.
A Ministry of Well being spokesman stated the person returned a adverse Covid-19 check on Monday, however wouldn’t touch upon his vaccination standing.
The ministry could be taking no additional motion and the matter would stay with police, the spokesman stated.
Queenstown Lakes Mayor Jim Boult stated he understood a member of the general public had alerted police to the person’s presence.
The person’s actions have been inexcusable, and put the group and the struggling native financial system in danger, he stated.
The person could be inspired to depart the district, he stated.
Boult was additionally involved that somebody was in a position to get on a industrial flight with out an exemption.
There was a excessive chance Covid-19 would come to the South Island at a while, so he inspired everybody to get vaccinated.
“I’m calling for 95 per cent of this group to be vaccinated forthwith,” he stated.
Police are working to grasp how he was permitted to fly with out the suitable documentation.
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Queenstown Lakes District Mayor Jim Boult stated the person’s actions have been inexcusable.
Information of the person travelling with out the proper documentation comes amid a raft of calls for a hard border between the South and North Islands.
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.
“Not like Auckland and others the place you have got the AvSec (Aviation Safety) workers, not all our regional airports have that normal staffing that may rapidly change up their strategy as a way to be certain that we’re doing that documentation verify.
“I don’t essentially have the complete image as as to whether that contributed to the problem right here.”
Ardern stated that whereas initially “we ask folks to truly comply with 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 motive localised lockdowns, is simply as a part of our checks to make sure that we’re enterprise a few of that at every airport.”
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