It follows an internal Ministry of Health memo from November, revealed yesterday by RNZ, that shows the director general of health and director of public health agreed it was time to shift to home isolation. She gave birth alone in Australia, prematurely, on December 30 and describes the experience as "awful" and "traumatising". One of Clee's clients who made it back via MIQ, before giving birth, was Charlotte Bellis. That was before the Ministry of Health memo - but Sami said nobody else should have had to go through the same stress. Some women had complications and gave birth overseas without family support ... and it's all down to the heartlessness of how this policy was implemented.

Source: New Zealand Herald April 20, 2022 12:22 UTC