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Kaipara mayor Dr Jason Smith slams central government after checkpoint change
15 Feb, 2021 04:01 PM
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Kaipara mayor Dr Jason Smith is expressing his frustrations with central government as police checkpoints in Northland from August last year were reinstated late yesterday. Photo / Michael Cunningham
Northern Advocate
Kaipara mayor Dr Jason Smith believes Northlanders are being ignored by central government after yesterday s border checkpoints were reverted to their locations from last year.
Smith, also the Northland Mayoral Forum chairman, said the concerns of Tai Tokerau s local government leaders had also been dismissed by the change, given the dysfunction it caused for locals when Auckland last went into lockdown in August. ....

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