Photo: suppliedA terminally ill New Zealander who had to fight for an emergency spot in managed isolation has died in Christchurch. However, in January he was told he had been denied a place at a managed isolation and quarantine facility on the basis his situation was not urgent enough for a medical emergency, according to his younger sister Yvonne Ponting. Ponting was eventually allocated a place and was able to return to New Zealand with his wife, Aiko, and their two children. The couple worked in snow sports in Japan and had been travelling between the two countries for years before Ponting received his diagnosis. His sister Yvonne said he died in the early hours of Thursday morning.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 16, 2021 23:15 UTC