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Repatriation flights planned but can NZers afford them?
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English - April 16, 2020 05:47 - 2 minutes - 2.55 MBNews Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Two more repatriation exercises are likely to go ahead in the next few days, but there are questions about how successfully they will be in bringing New Zealanders home.
Some stuck overseas say they just can't afford the $5,500 homeward-bound fare because it'd put them in too much debt.
But the Prime Minister says the fares don't come close to covering the costs of operating the flight.
Jordan Bond reports.