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Covid-19 coronavirus: Rotorua immigrant s Kiwi dream becomes a nightmare
14 May, 2021 08:00 PM
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Covid-19 and border closures mean Priya Fernandes has been apart from her husband for almost two years. Photo / Andrew Warner
Covid-19 and border closures mean Priya Fernandes has been apart from her husband for almost two years. Photo / Andrew Warner
Rotorua immigrants are experiencing frustration and heartbreak being apart from their families, with one woman facing spending her 30th wedding anniversary without her husband. Priya Fernandes, a Toi Ohomai masters student, who also works part time as a frontline border worker, moved from India in October 2019.
Bay of Plenty migrant families split at the border stuck in limbo
14 May, 2021 08:00 PM
6 minutes to read
Quintin Boshoff hasn t seen his two sons in more than 500 days. Photo / George Novak
Quintin Boshoff hasn t seen his two sons in more than 500 days. Photo / George Novak
Bay of Plenty immigrants are experiencing heartbreak and frustration being separated from their families, with one dad not having seen his two young boys in more than 500 days. Quintin Boshoff left South Africa in December 2019, in the hopes of giving his two children, Peter, 6, and Stefan, 3, a better upbringing.
His wife, Cindy, had already submitted their visa applications, handed in her notice to her job, and sold most of the family s belongings. They were planning to arrive in New Zealand soon after Boshoff.