Travellers through iwi checkpoints flouting level 3 rules

 

 
A South Taranaki iwi says 70 percent of the people it stopped at a checkpoint near the small town of Patea were flouting the rules under alert level 3 and that is why some communities needs to take things into their own hands. 

A number of towns around Aotearoa have set up checkpoints screening people coming in and out, in a bid to keep Covid-19 at bay. 

Debbie Ngarewa Packer of Ngāti Ruanui says of the 40 people who passed through today, just 12 had a valid reason.