7 Sep 2022

Police confirm admin error behind women's travel causing Northland lockdown

From Checkpoint, 5:07 pm on 7 September 2022

Mongrel Mob member Harry Tam wants an apology after being wrongly implicated in the Northland Covid-19 lockdown.

A police investigation has found the Covid-infected women who triggered the October lockdown weren't sex workers or connected to gangs as implied at the time.

It's also cleared Harry Tam of any involvement, after former Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters claimed Tam helped the women travel to Northland.

Tam says officials could have cleared his name earlier. Peters has since issued a correction and apologised for making the allegations about Tam.

Katie Scotcher has the story.