A woman who arrived in the country on the same flight as a man who now has Covid-19 had to badger health staff before they would test her.
The man, in his 60s, arrived from Melbourne on 13 June and started showing signs of illness two days later while in managed isolation.
Former RNZ reporter Alexa Cook is in managed isolation at the Novotel Auckland Airport having arrived from the UK.
She told RNZ reporter Matthew Theunissen she's worried by the news that she was on a flight with a confirmed Covid-19 case.