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MIQ lottery: Who's lucky and who's left waiting?
New Zealanders desperate to get home by Christmas have been getting good or bad news in the last-hour or so after nearly four-thousand spots opened in the MIQ virtual lobby.
Users were able to enter… Audio
Covid-19: Air NZ to require vaccination for international travel
Proof of vaccination will soon be as necessary as a valid passport for international passengers flying on Air New Zealand.
The national carrier says vaccination is the new reality of global travel… Audio
Double vaxxed seniors want self isolation to return to NZ
A Kiwi stranded in Queensland due to the lack of MIQ spots says she should be able to self-isolate in her own home. If she doesn't get back soon she risks having her pension stopped and may even have… Audio
Calling Home: Peter Croot in Galway
Dunedinite Professor Peter Croot has seen a fair bit of both land and sea during his time as an internationally-respected chemical oceanographer, having lived and worked in the USA, Sweden, Germany… Audio, Gallery
MBIE apologises to MIQ guest over early release denial without reason
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment has apologised to a managed isolation guest over its handling of an early release request.
Craig Robinson arrived from Queensland in August 2020… Audio
Covid-19: Some cases had never engaged with health system before - Aupito William Sio
The Minister for Pacific Peoples says some people sick with Covid-19 have never engaged with the health system before.
Aupito William Sio, who is also an Associate Minister of Health, told Morning… Audio
No holidaying Aucklanders for Taupō as border to stay closed
Aucklanders can look forward to a staycation these school holidays with the Prime Minister confirming the region is likely to stay locked down for a while yet - even if restrictions inside the… Video, Audio
Ardern confirms Auckland border to stay even at level 2
The Prime Minister says the government is giving full consideration to easing restrictions in Auckland, but the border will remain in place.
19 new community cases of Covid-19 have been reported… Audio
Covid 19: 'Many options on the table' for purpose-built MIQ - Chris Hipkins
The government is scouting locations for purpose-built MIQ facilities - but construction of a new facility would take longer than six months.
Covid-19 response minister Chris Hipkins says the… Audio
Covid-19: Elimination strategy no longer works - Judith Collins
National Party leader Judith Collins says the country and the Government need to accept that the elimination strategy no longer works.
She told Morning Report there have been 17 weeks of lockdowns… Audio
Covid-19: New one-off visa will let migrants bring in their families - Faafoi
The government has annouced a major one-off visa to help up to 165,000 migrants currently in Aotearoa.
Immigration Minister Kris Faafoi says the plan offers a residency path to provide certainty for… Audio
Covid-19: More than 22,000 sign MIQ petition
A petition calling on the government to change what's been labelled a "broken" MIQ system is closing today, with more than 22,000 signatures.
The petition argues all New Zealanders should be allowed… Audio
Voucher system 'undignified' - MIQ room winner
At least 31,000 people waited in the MIQ lottery line yesterday but missed out for possibly a second time.
Barry Smart is one of the lucky ones who nabbed a spot in MIQ yesterday. He travelled to… Audio
Covid-19: Ministry doesn't recognise vaccines received overseas
The Ministry of Health doesn't recognise Covid vaccines a person has received overseas, and they can't be added to a vaccination record.
It's understood hundreds of people have been in contact with… Audio
Thousands miss out on new MIQ room release
More than 3000 lucky New Zealanders stranded abroad snapped up a ticket to MIQ last night - but tens of thousands more have missed out on the draw.
While there will be another room release coming… Audio
Victoria University students rush back to Wellington after lockdown
From today, people will be able to move across the Auckland boundary if they are relocating permanently.
That includes people who need to get to a hall of residence for tertiary study.
Victoria… Audio
Covid-19: MIQ lottery's winners and losers
A little under 4000 MIQ rooms were up for grabs on Tuesday night - but many thousands more wanted to get their hands on them and didn't.
More than 25,000 people logged into the virtual lobby to try… Audio
UK based Kiwi given up on getting MIQ spot under lobby system
Last night at least 27-thousand people gathered in the virtual MIQ lobby in a desperate bid for one of 3800 vouchers to come home before Christmas. UK-based Kiwi Sarah-Jane Taylor-Seres was to visit… Audio
Disappointment for NZers missing out on 3800 MIQ vouchers
New Zealanders desperately hoping for a ticket home are now having a go through the latest release of MIQ rooms. 3800 rooms are up for grabs in October, November and December.
The lobby - or the… Video, Audio
Hinemoana Baker describes the struggle for MIQ vouchers
The clock is ticking down to Tuesday's MIQ lottery with 3800 rooms to be allocated from 6pm.
It is the second one since the government changed the system. People get an hour to pile into the virtual… Video, Audio
