COVID-19: NZ quarantine lottery breached rights, court rules
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, despite their victory, the case might have little impact going forward as New Zealand has since abandoned...