Cartoon - Northern checkpoints on shaky legal groundBy: James Nicholls
The checkpoints that locked down the Kaipara district towns of Kaiwaka and Mangawhai, along with the supercity last month, may have been illegal.
Additionally, Police have also refused to confirm that the confusion over the checkpoint boundaries won’t be repeated should Auckland be put into lockdown level 3 again.
Section 18 of the New Zealand Bill of Rights guarantees the “freedom of movement within New Zealand”.
Retired lawyer and Mangawhai resident, Clive Boonham, says that right can only be interfered with if criminal law is triggered or if government legislates around it. . read more