 During the ordeal, Wiig's ex-wife, Anita McNaught, told New Zealand radio from Gaza City that she had only heard "rumours, sons of rumours…none of which we give much credence to" and that kidnappings in the region were "local entrepreneurial banditry".McNaught had said that although it was unusual for so much time to pass without news, "every kidnapping is different.There is no handbook for how you do them."