The Latest Breaking News from MIQ

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

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".

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

New Zealanders stranded in Australia will be able to return home from the end of this month and, importantly, bypass the country's lottery-based hotel quarantine system.