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During the height of COVID-19 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 New Zealand court yesterday ruled that the government had breached the rights of its own citizens by imposing the lottery-style system on them. A group called Grounded Kiwis had used crowdsourcing to help fund their case against the government. However, despi...

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. On Wednesday, a New Zealand court ruled t...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- During the height of pandemic restrictions, thousands of New Zealanders desperate to return home essentially had to roll

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

An internal memo dating back to Nov. 12, 2021, from the New Zealand Ministry of Health advised officials ...

Women forced to give birth overseas late last year, without any family support, say it is abhorrent health officials thought MIQ wasn't justified at that time.

Top health officials agreed MIQ was "no longer justified" for most returnees months before incoming travellers were able to enter freely, according to a document the Ministry of Health tried to keep secret.

By Katie Todd of RNZ  Top health officials agreed in November last year that Managed Isolation and Quarantine (MIQ) was no longer justified for most retu

The government is facing heavy criticism for waiting until February to ditch hotel isolation, but Acting Deputy PM Grant Robertson is ruling out compensation.

RNZ's recent shock horror reporting on a memo from November 2021 proposing a wind back of MIQ is severely deficient.  The framing is one sided and ignores the subsequent emergence of Omicron as a variant of concern.