A Judge said the man's actions put at risk NZ's efforts to stop Covid-19 from spreading.
A Judge said the man's actions put at risk NZ's efforts to stop Covid-19 from spreading.
A Dunedin man who breached the autumn lockdown by engaging in non-essential travel was being driven to his girlfriend's property just after midnight.
Cooper Drew-Percy Taylor, 24, who had been warned five days earlier about non-essential travel, was in a vehicle stopped by police at 12.15am on April 13, about30km from his Port Chalmers home, the Dunedin District Court was told yesterday.
The situation at Taylor's own residence had soured, counsel Karlena Lawrence said at yesterday's sentencing.
He was fined $250 for the lockdown breach.
Judge Stephen Harrop said Taylor was on a curfew for three months while awaiting his sentence, or the fine would have been larger.
Taylor, whose occupation was not listed on court documents, had put at risk New Zealand's efforts to stop Covid-19 from spreading, the judge said.
"There was considerable anxiety in the community at the time," Judge Harrop said.
Other New Zealanders put up with inconvenience associated with restrictions but Taylor had been warned for breaching the lockdown and did it again just five days later, he said.
