First New Zealand flight forced into Queensland quarantine

Expectations that a plane load of passengers from New Zealand would walk out of Brisbane airport were dashed when the travellers and their waiting families were told they were going into quarantine.

As the travellers were put onto waiting buses, confused family members, who had arrived to collect them, were left bewildered.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk reopened the state to NZ from 1am Saturday, saying residents would no longer need to abide by COVID-19 travel restrictions.

But when…