A bereaved mother who led her children's escape from an isolation facility in Hamilton to attend their father's tangi has been jailed for 14 days.

The 37-year-old woman and her 18-year-old daughter were both sentenced by Judge Noel Sainsbury in the Auckland District Court this afternoon.

The pair and two children, aged 17 and 12, fled the Distinction Hotel in Te Rapa on 24 July after flying in from Brisbane.

They had travelled to New Zealand, arriving on 20 July, to attend their father's tangi after he suddenly and unexpectedly died.

They were located shortly afterwards and jointly charged with intentionally failing to comply with orders under the COVID-19 Public Health Response Act 2020.

The 12-year-old was not charged.