Another cool thing is faking medical emergency (which somehow was ok to wait over 24h for a flight instead of going straight to Australia right away) to be the only two people allowed in while own citizens are turned away.

“The day after the application was received, a New Zealand air ambulance staffed by a New Zealand ICU nurse-escort medevaced the child and an adult family member from Fiji to New Zealand,”

https://apnews.com/article/technology-lifestyle-travel-new-z...