New Zealander Trev Ponting – whose managed isolation and quarantine emergency application fiasco hit the headlines – has been reunited with his family after arriving in Christchurch. Officials later reversed the decision on Ponting's application, less than 24 hours after Stuff highlighted his plight. Supplied Trev Ponting has been reunited with his parents in New Zealand after making it through managed isolation and quarantine. Supplied Ponting’s family are now in New Zealand after going through two weeks of MIQ. A majority of applications for emergency MIQ spots are declined.

Source: Stuff February 26, 2021 06:33 UTC