I want to vote in the New Zealand election – but cost and Covid-19 make it harder for expats | Elle Hunt

The country's requirement that expats must visit at least once every three years should be reviewed in these changed times

Early last year, in what now seems like another world, I nabbed bargain flights from London to Sydney. My parents were already there, visiting, so my sisters flew from Wellington to join us.

We spent a pleasant two weeks together, with the unspoken understanding that it would be another couple of years before we saw each other again - such was the frequency of visits I'd fallen into since leaving New Zealand in 2015.