About 300 police officers are having to be pulled from around the country to man the Northland border.
Now trainee police officers are being pulled in to help out at these checkpoints.
They'll be sworn in as authorised officers under the law changes introduced in November.
Newstalk ZB Political Editor Barry Soper joined Heather du Plessis-Allan.
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