Coronavirus has forced New Zealanders abroad to choose: do I stay or do I go? | Elle Hunt

Many left for home without even the chance to say goodbye, knowing that their big overseas experience may be lost forever

Swapping in “aubergine” for “eggplant” and “pepper” for “capsicum” – when you remember. Watching two clocks, one 13 hours fast. Smugly renouncing Boris Johnson as “not MY prime minister”.

To some extent, the experience of being a New Zealander in London has always been one of being split between two places. Now the coronavirus crisis has forced us to pick one.

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