A failed attempt to stop anti-trans activist Kellie-Jay Keen Minshull from entering New Zealand didn't guarantee her a long stay.
Rainbow community organisations filed a hurried judicial review with the High Court to bar her entry, but it was dismissed on Friday.
The speaker, also known as Posie Parker, was allowed in for her Auckland event on Saturday - but she left before her tour was up, with swarms of people drowning out her messages.
Trans-rights rallies still went ahead in Christchurch and Wellington on Sunday, despite her absence.
Auckland Pride executive director Max Tweedie spoke to Kim Hill.