Man in Auckland MIQ on hunger strike to see dying father

As Des Lehndorf dies of cancer, his son is 38 kilometres away, starving himself of food and water at Sudima Auckland Airport MIQ facility, Stuff reports. With his father’s condition rapidly deteriorating, Kurt Lehndorf said the strike was his only hope of potentially speeding up a request to be released early and self-isolate with his father. “Every hour is precious,” he said. “Dad could pass away at any time.”