19 Mar 2020

Covid-19: Kiwi forced to leave Australia due to autoimmune condition

From Morning Report, 6:16 am on 19 March 2020

The deputy prime minister says the 80,000 New Zealanders overseas need to hurry up if they want to get home before flights start grinding to a halt in response to Covid-19.

On woman RNZ spoke to is working at a winery near Melbourne and wasn't planning to come home until Easter.

She told RNZ reporter Katie Scotcher that she has rheumatoid arthritis and takes immuno suppressants, so she started re-thinking her plans.