OPINION: We are being gentle with misguided Australian Lucinda Baulch, who refused to take a Covid test after arriving here, instead spending 28 days in managed isolation while steadily giving us the finger. It’s our way to be gentle, which as an Australian she would not understand. We, the Kiwi taxpayer, instead shouted her an extra fortnight in a Wellington hotel serving as a quarantine facility. READ MORE:* Australian who refused Covid-19 test leaves managed isolation, flies to Auckland* Woman kept in managed isolation after refusing Covid-19 testAuckland will put up with her for “a night or two” as she put it, and she’ll be off. Australia doesn’t hesitate to deport people who’ve lived entire lives there apart from when they were babies or small children.

Source: Stuff February 25, 2021 15:56 UTC