OPINION
How many Aucklanders are going to be lined up at the northern boundary at 11.59 tonight, desperate to escape the cage? And desperate to avoid the checkpoint gridlock. I suspect there will be plenty at the starting line tonight.
Because the spectre of the hard boundary being switched out for these obstructive checkpoints is repugnant. It should never have come to this.
Aucklanders have gone full tilt to hit the milestones for freedom, absolutely blitzing the 90 per cent target. They don't deserve to be dicked around by Checkpoint Charlies.
Policing in New Zealand has been politicised. They've been bossed, like puppets of the state, instructed to collab with iwi, via a sneaky piece of legislation, passed under urgency.