An exclusive Far North resort was blockaded after locals became concerned it had been visited by a new Covid-positive case - but the manager says it was a Facebook rumour that led to guests being turned away.
A crowd gathered at the front gate of Carrington Estate on the Karikari Peninsula yesterday after it became one of a number of local businesses linked on social media to Northland's newest cases of the virus.
The resort boasts a golf course, restaurant and winery with rooms priced from around $400. Despite it being the focus of local gossip, it is not listed on the Ministry of Health's locations of interest page.
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Caroline Snowden was at the entrance of the estate yesterday morning with a dozen others from the Haititaimarangai Marae, the tupuna marae of Ngāti Kahu. Numbers grew during the day until dispersing shortly after police arrived mid-afternoon.