Australia has added insult to injury - with a senior government minister describing New Zealanders being deported here as "trash".
Australian television network 9 News was given extraordinary access by Australia's Border Force to 501 deportees as they boarded a chartered flight to New Zealand.
The story also included comments from Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton who said it was Australia's way of "taking out the trash".
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern kept a diplomatic tone on the matter - but some of her other ministers got fired up, one so much so he put his foot in it.
Political reporter Yvette McCullough has the story.
