5 May 2020

Quarantine exemption appeal response should not be automated - Ardern

From Checkpoint, 5:25 pm on 5 May 2020

The Prime Minister says the response to appeals to break mandatory quarantine on compassionate grounds should not be an 'automated' one.

Speaking at the Covid-19 media briefing on Tuesday, Jacinda Ardern was responding to questions about a High Court ruling allowing Oliver Christiansen to leave quarantine in Auckland to visit his dying father.

RNZ reporter Robin Martin has more.