She followed the rules under Alert Level 4, now a Winton woman is stuck in the North Island and feels ''kind of punished'' for doing the right thing.
Her exile follows a perfect storm of events that left her unable to return home after following public heath guidelines exactly.
Vanessa Morris was visiting Auckland to attend her mother's funeral last Tuesday, the day the Alert Level 4 lockdown was announced.
Having travelled to her daughter's house in Tokoroa after the funeral, Morris was experiencing some Covid symptoms.