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Purpose-built MIQ facilities no longer on the cards

Cabinet has quietly decided not to progress with further investigations into purpose-built MIQ facilities and work on long-term contracted facilities is on hold.

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PubMatic Launches Convert Commerce Media Ad Platform

IPG Mediabrands, Coles 360, Lyft Media, MiQ, Wallapop help develop platform

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Accused MIQ 'queue jumpers' prosecuted – but vindicated in court

Long after the contentious MIQ system was dismantled, police have unexpectedly charged several NZers for using the so-called 'transit loophole' to enter without vouchers. The prosecutions were thrown out, and now they're seeking an apology.

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The High Court and the Ombudsman have found fault with NZ’s MIQ system – should the government apologise?

Although it has yet to begin work, the first finding of the forthcoming royal commission into New Zealand’s COVID-19 response has probably just been written by Chief Ombudsman Peter Boshier.

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Plan to restore MIQ if needed

Quarantine at the border could be restored within four weeks as a 'minimum viable product' if the need arose, according to a new readiness plan for MIQ.

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Pensioners fight to have Covid-related debt wiped

Dozens of pensioners who had their superannuation payments cancelled because they were stuck overseas during the Covid-19 pandemic have tried to have the debt overturned.

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MIQ and 10 million hours of care: The health leader you've never heard of

The head of NZ’s biggest home and community care provider has resigned, citing stress and burnout. But the job's not over yet. Now she's got healthcare reform in her sights.

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Defence Force says poor pay is driving attrition

Nearly three quarters of positions in the NZ military are paid more than 5 percent below the public sector median.

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MSD to review all debt issued to overseas pensioners

MSD told it's skating on thin ice for making hundreds of pensioners stuck overseas during the pandemic pay back their super.

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Final days for MIQ: All facilities to close by July

There’s just a fortnight left for the three remaining MIQ facilities - a prescient symbol that New Zealand’s Covid response has moved on from the protection and isolation of the last two years

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Call for building regulations to stop Covid-19

The Green Party says provisions in the Building Code to prevent the spread of viruses should be strengthened or enforced in light of Covid-19.

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Irishman in New Zealand fights for apology as Covid rules forced him to watch mother die over video call

Paul Mullally, from Kilkenny, was prevented from being able to fly home to Ireland to see his dying mother

Irish Mirror

The political right is fighting a relentless battle to rewrite New Zealand’s pandemic success

Critics have cherrypicked aspects of court rulings on the Covid response – which saved thousands of lives – to wrongly paint it as illegal

The Guardian - AU

Yesterdaze: The lesser of two worse options

'State-sponsored cruelty' or the 'least worst option'? Not a great week for the Government as the MIQ lottery system is found to be unjustified in a hefty High Court decision.

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The Independent UK

Quarantine lottery breached rights, New Zealand court rules

During the height of pandemic restrictions, thousands of New Zealanders desperate to return home essentially had to roll the dice month after month as they tried to secure a coveted bed in a quarantine hotel run by the military

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Inevitable that MIQ process would 'operate unjustly', High Court rules

A group that opposed MIQ has won a major legal battle with the Ministry of Health, with the High Court ruling it was inevitable the process would "operate unjustly in individual cases".

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MIQ facilities close as the border opens

The scaling back of the MIQ system means a long-awaited farewell to the often controversial voucher allocation system

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How you turn an MIQ facility back to a hotel

Hopes are high for a swift return to pre-pandemic normality for the hotel sector, but the slow return of international travellers and an oversupply of rooms may stand in the way.

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The Conversation

How will history – and the law – judge New Zealand’s mothballed MIQ system?

With the effective end of New Zealand’s managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) system this week, the outcome of the court battle over the government’s border restrictions may have become moot. But the principles at stake are important nonetheless.

The Times of India

Smriti Mandhana out of MIQ, to join team for remainder of ODI series

CHRISTCHURCH: Star batter Smriti Mandhana on Tuesday completed her extended stay in quarantine here and left for Queenstown to join the Indian women's cricket team for the remainder of the five-match ODI series against New Zealand.

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Court challenge over MIQ and the right of return

A complex, tricky challenge to the MIQ system by Kiwis stranded overseas begins today at the High Court. Dean Knight outlines the big picture legal issues at stake.

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Debt collectors chase cut of $38.7m in MIQ fees

Government turns to international debt collectors Milton Graham to pursue travellers' overdue isolation payments.

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Border-busting boss: 'Is it selfish to want to come home to be close to family?'

Officials deny giving Move Logistics chief operating officer Chris Knuth retrospective MIQ approval, as police investigate his arrival.

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Police investigate logistics boss Chris Knuth's 'unacceptable' border break

Authorities have criticised the actions of an executive at one of New Zealand's biggest logistics firms, who slipped into the country without an MIQ voucher.

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Border-busting boss 'runs the red light' into NZ without MIQ voucher

The new chief operating officer of NZ's second-biggest logistics company has repeatedly tried and failed to come to NZ to take up his job – so this week he took matters into his own hands.

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