Woman finally returns to NZ after a near year-long battle to get home
“I basically have my whole life in New Zealand,” she said. “It's really amazing to be back, to be back home, back to my lifestyle that I’m used to and I love.” Before leaving for the holiday for Chinese New Year, she was living in an Auckland flat, and had a car, a job and friends in New Zealand. Echo Chen is in managed isolation and is due to get out in early January, nearly a year after she first left New Zealand for what she thought would be a three-week holiday. (File photo) Chen considered spending 14 days in Thailand to bypass the new restriction, even buying a plane ticke...