The New Zealand immigration authorities want to deport an overstayer to the area of Tonga damaged by Cyclone Ian, where half the population is homeless.
The woman has been getting treatment in Auckland for a heart condition and her doctors have warned she should not fly.
Her husband of 24 years has already been deported.
Their family comes from the Ha'apai island group, where hundreds of homes were destroyed last month and most of the crops were wiped out.
Despite that, Immigration New Zealand has continued the process to have the woman deported.
The woman, whom Radio New Zealand has agreed not to name, says her home island has only a small medical centre and no resources to treat heart conditions.
Immigration declined to comment.
