Karolina Jordan should be leaving her isolation hotel today but instead she's under mandatory detention after health officials refused to let her have throat swab rather than a nasal test for Covid-19.
She suffers from extreme nose bleeds and has a medical certificate from her doctor saying she should be allowed to have the alternative test.
She now has to stay a total of 22 rather than 14 days in managed isolation - that message was delivered to her room by a police officer and soldier.
Her husband Warwick Jordan speaks to Susie Ferguson.
The Medical Officer of Health for Rotorua's public health authority Toi Te Ora, Dr Phil Shoemack, sent RNZ a statement saying the nasal test is the most accurate test for Covid-19 and that "a throat swab is not as accurate, and therefore could return a negative result even though the infection might be present".
He says that because Jordan cannot receive the most accurate test, she cannot be considered low-risk, and cannot therefore leave the facility.
