29 Mar 2021

Closed borders not stopping illegal items being sent to NZ

From Checkpoint, 5:55 pm on 29 March 2021

Despite closed borders and far less international travel, illegal items made from protected animals and plants are still making it into the country in suitcases and mailed packages.

Alligator handbags, Chinese Covid-19 traditional medicines along with items like canned whale-meat continue to slip through our border cracks.

Louise Ternouth and camera operator Simon Rogers went for a look.