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.