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Quarantining with a stranger to have a better chance at getting an MIQ spot may be a reality for many Kiwis desperate to get home this Christmas.

Some were offering their services for a modest fee while others had very high charges, he said. Getty Images MIQ vacancies are being snapped up in seconds, with no availability through to November. “People probably have to look at themselves in the mirror and ask themselves whether that is the right thing to be doing,” Robertson said. MIQ was an important service for people returning home and the booking system had been designed in such a way that it could not be gamed by bots, he said. But it was harder to distinguish between individuals booking on behalf of others because there was ...

MBIE says it has no record of contracting Ceefa Software and will ask the company to remove its logos from its website. Athfield also claims to have invited MBIE to a presentation about the “applicant management system” it's developed in order to determine whether it breaches MBIE regulations that forbids software from scanning or operating its website. MBIE has not addressed Stuff’s questions about this. RNZ People are allowed to pay others to book MIQ spots for them but MIQ’s administrators say it’s a case of “buyer beware”. Rachel Fagan, a New Zealand citizen in Thailand,...

In email correspondence with one customer Athfield says he invited MBIE to a presentation about the company and the “applicant management system” it's developed in order to determine whether it breaches MBIE regulations that forbids software from scanning or operating its website. An MBIE spokeswoman said it had not found any record of Ceefa Software in its contract or vendor systems. “We will work with the company to have our logo removed from their website.” She did not address questions about whether MBIE was invited to meet with Athfield. Lynn Grieveson/Newsroom Overseas New Z...