Now, they can appeal against the deportation orders and can only be deported if they agree to waive their appeal rights or if the appeal rights expire.

Auckland Mayor Phil Goff made headlines as well. He called the group “a bunch of a***holes” earlier this week and said that he understands the people who told them to go back where they came from. “Telling visitors to NZ to go home is pretty unusual behaviour by Kiwis but in the case of tourists from Liverpool who have been creating mayhem around Auckland it’s totally justified,” he said.