Some residents in northern Waikato are being forced to break Covid-19 border restrictions in order to buy food at a supermarket.
The rural townships of Otaua and Aka Aka are surrounded in the south by the Waikato River, and in the north by Auckland's border - they're essentially trapped.
For some it means they haven't bought food for a week, and others are breaking the law to do so.
Liu Chen and Jordan Bond report.