Standoff: Aussie PM won't allow NZ-born terrorist to return Tue, 16 Feb 2021, 3:45PM A dual New Zealand and Australian citizen has been arrested at the Syria-Turkey border. Photo / Getty Images Standoff: Aussie PM won't allow NZ-born terrorist to return Tue, 16 Feb 2021, 3:45PM Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the New Zealand woman identified as an international terrorist by Turkish authorities should have been deported to Australia. The woman has been known to New Zealand and Australian authorities "for some time", Ardern said. The woman left New Zealand at 6 years old to live in Australia and became a citizen. She left from Australia for Syria and travelled on an Australian passport.