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A Northland physician and former New Zealander of the year admitted to breaking breach rules for kayaking.
Lance O’Sullivan, who earlier this month criticized Kaitaia’s closure efforts as “a joke”, admitted to the violation in a recent Facebook post.
“We have been living in a campervan doing our work for the Kaitaia community, but over the weekend I went kayaking to a place not far from where I am staying,” he said.
“I’m a jerk and I screwed up. Shit, how silly, huh? A silly bastard.”
Kayaking and most water-based activities are prohibited at Alert Levels 3 and 4, as they carry an increased risk of spreading Covid-19 to emergency workers if someone needs to be rescued.
O’Sullivan said he had behaved hypocritically, given his recent admonition of the Kaitaia locals during the closure.
“This is Kaitāia, population 4500 to 5000, and the number of cars here is ridiculous. This is not an essential service,” he said at the time.
“So basically go home, okay? Unless it’s important.”
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Today, he said he will continue to call those who break the rules, despite his recent behavior.
“To be fair, I am human: I have made many mistakes in my life [and] I will do many, many more, “he said.
“Should that prevent me from standing up and saying when I see things that are wrong? Y ** t no.
“I will keep doing it, and when I make mistakes, I will tell you. But when I don’t make mistakes and people call me, I will fight. But in this case, I was an asshole.” “
Police have accused nearly 4,000 people of violating the blocking restrictions, many in the days leading up to the Prime Minister who announced the next change to alert Level 3.
There has been an increase in reports of people coming out of their bubbles, congregating in public areas, and not obeying the rules of physical distance.
From 6pm. As of April 20, 3,800 Level 4 Alert Restrictions had occurred since the blockade began.
Six new cases of Covid-19 were announced today, as was the death of an 80-year-old woman in Christchurch.
The woman had been considered a probable case and belonged to the Rosewood nursing home group in Christchurch, where seven other people died.
The total number of cases is now 1,451. So far, 1036 have been recovered, which means that the number of active Covid-19 cases is 401. Bloomfield said there are 11 people in the hospital, two in the ICU, in the Middlemore and Dunedin Hospitals.
