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Long queues at Covid-19 testing stations in Hamilton and Raglan.
Some residents are reporting more than six-hour-long waits to get a swab.
Acting Waikato District mayor Aksel Bech told Heather du Plessis-Allan it's great people are turning up to get tested.
“It’d be great if we were able to get them through way quicker than that. Just overwhelmed, I guess. Too many people for the facilities.”
Parts of the Waikato are staying in Alert Level Three, and not relaxing restrictions at midnight Tuesday like Auckland.
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