New Zealand site to report Covid-19 rule-breakers crashes amid spike in lockdown anger
by Eleanor Ainge Roy in Dunedin from on (#51E3M)
Since going live over the weekend, the site has crashed at least once due to complaints over people playing rugby or frisbee and holding parties
So many New Zealanders have reported their neighbours to the authorities for breaking lockdown rules that a new police website to record such incidents crashed.
More than 2,000 people rang an emergency police line last week to report rule-breakers. As a result, a dedicated website was set up in the hope it would dissuade them from ringing 111.
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