A Northern District Health Board leader says the region needs more time to boost low vaccination rates before unvaccinated travellers are allowed in.
From 15 December unvaccinated Aucklanders may travel north if they return a negative Covid-19 test within 72 hours before leaving.
Northland iwi - backed by Auckland and Northland health bosses - say that poses too high a risk to unvaccinated Northlanders, and it must not happen.
They're considering random sampling of passengers at key checkpoints, and consulting police.
Northland DHB chair Harry Burkhardt, who is also chairperson of Ngāti Kurī, one of the 12 iwi groups behind the plan, spoke to Corin Dann.
