Coronavirus

June 7th

Two women of the same family, one in her 30s and one in her 40s, arrived from the UK via Brisbane, Australia.

They stayed in managed isolation at the Novotel Auckland Ellerslie.

June 8th

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the country will move into Alert Level 1 as of 11.59pm.

June 12th

The women applied for a compassionate exemption after the sudden death of a parent that night.

June 13th

The women are permitted, on compassionate grounds, to leave managed isolation to travel to wellington, via private vehicle.

As part of the approval process, there was an agreed plan in place for the travel. Bloomfield said they did not stop to use any public facilities and had no contact with anyone

As part of the approval process, there was an agreed plan in place for the travel. Bloomfield said they did not stop to use any public facilities and had no contact with anyone else on the entire trip.

They had a supply of face masks with them.