It's all hands on deck at Northland's border checkpoints, with the mass exodus out of Auckland well underway.
Police, with support from iwi, have two checkpoints on State Highway 1 at Uretiti and on State Highway 12 near Maungaturoto.
Tai Tokerau Border Control's regional coordinator Reuben Taipari is stationed at the State Highway 1 site, the main road to Whangārei.
He spoke to Corin Dann.
