An isolated East Coast community may set up road blocks to prevent travellers and out-of towners from entering - and risking the spread of coronavirus.
Discussions are being held to start a checkpoint at Hicks Bay to dissuade non-essential travel into the Tairawhiti region.
Tina Ngata, one of the organisers, said they had a traffic management plan, had informed police and the checkpoint would be working in teams of two.
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