Health officials are being asked to approve a repatriation flight for stranded New Zealanders in India, which organisers believe could start bringing people home by the end of the month.
India's Covid-19 death toll passed a quarter of a million this week and experts say the worst could still be to come.
Commercial flights out of the country are severely limited, and now desperate citizens have turned to a travel agency to help them leave.
Emma Hatton reports.