Waiariki MP Tamati Coffey is reassuring those with children at Rotorua schools connected with a recent case of Covid-19 that they are safe from the disease.

However, Rotorua MP Todd McClay says he's appalled parents and students had to be put through the stress of waiting for test results in the first place.

Students and parents at four Rotorua schools - Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Te Koutu, Ngāti Rongomai, Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ruamata and Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Hurungaterangi - have waited nervously for Covid-19 test results on a flight attendant to come back negative.

The flight attendant - who was on the same plane as two women who recently tested positive for Covid-19 - had contact with some students from one of the schools who subsequently attended the same rugby training together on Tuesday.

Toi Te Ora medical officer of health, Dr Neil de Wet says the two positive cases have been followed up nationally and there are no cases in the Lakes District Health Board area.

'The test result for the flight attendant is negative for Covid-19.

'This news will be very reassuring for the Rotorua community,” he says.

Waiariki MP Tamati Coffey says the government's focus was now on better procedures.

Waiariki MP Tamati Coffey (left) and Rotorua MP Todd McClay.

'Firstly, I want to acknowledge the anxiety this has caused for our families and kura," says Coffey.

'Right now, my focus is on the information we have at hand.

"It is reassuring to hear the flight attendant in question has tested negative for Covid-19, which puts to rest fears over transmission within our community," says Coffey.

Rotorua MP Todd McClay says the situation was poorly managed and left students and parents suffering unnecessary stress.

"It's really concerning the government is letting people into New Zealand without testing them.

"A lot of people have had to wait unnecessarily for test results to come back.

"The people of Rotorua have done everything they have been asked of them and it's appalling they have allowed this to happen," says McClay.

Coffey says the government is learning from the situation.

"This Government has swiftly stepped up security at our borders in response, calling in military support to assist with quarantine and give New Zealanders greater peace of mind.

'This action includes zero exemptions for compassionate leave, which is a tough call for our whānau, but as this situation proves, one needed to keep our families safe,” says Coffey.

The schools remained open under Level 3 restrictions, but it is understood many parents kept their children home for the day until test results had come back.

• additional reporting by Stuff.co.nz