15 Apr 2020

Covid-19: Sixty NZers stranded in South America return home

From Checkpoint, 5:53 pm on 15 April 2020

Sixty New Zealanders who have been stranded in Peru and other parts of South America are back on home soil.

The government-assisted charter flight touched down in Auckland early this morning - bringing to an end weeks of anxiety for travellers who otherwise would have had no way home.

But one New Zealand woman has made the tough decision to remain in Lima, after her Peruvian husband was barred from entering the country.

RNZ reporter Sarah Robson has the story.