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.
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.