As a homecoming Kiwi, I didn't expect the red carpet – just a nicer welcome | Ellen Falconer

We ‘Quarantinis’ have felt vilified for returning to New Zealand but everyone I’ve spoken to has been forced to return due to hardship

When my mother told me in March that I should return home from London to New Zealand, I scoffed. That would be premature, I said. My job is secure. A few weeks later, the founder-CEO of the travel media start-up I worked for was tearfully telling us via video call that he had to make some redundancies.

Now, 110 days since my office was told to work from home indefinitely and my lockdown period began, I am quarantined in a hotel in Rotorua, my nose still tingling after a Covid-19 test a couple of hours ago.

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