New Zealand is once again split along a Covid-19 border with police checkpoints in operation at the boundaries of alert levels 3 and 4.
The country south of Auckland is in lockdown level 3 and the checkpoints at five locations on the city's southern boundaries have been running since 11pm yesterday.
Only those with exemptions to travel for essential reasons are able to travel through.
Police Commissioner Andrew Coster told Morning Report the checkpoint was operating smoothly, with just a small number of motorists turned back overnight.