"Career public servant Kara Isaac experienced New Zealand’s managed isolation both as a “guest” and on the leadership team of the organisation running the frontline defence against the spread of Covid-19. Now MIQ is over, she shares some of what went on in the back rooms."

#covidnz #miq #publicservice

https://northandsouth.co.nz/2022/09/10/miq-organisation-new-zealand-what-happened/

- The Emergency Allocation was a complete joke the criteria was far too narrow and strict. The death of a parent/grandparent/child should automatically count so should have coming in to say goodbye to a dying relative.

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#COVID19ZN #MIQ #GroundedKiwis

- The Lottery was perhaps one of the most ill thought out things during the pandemic. Supply needed to keep up with demand and entry into the country should have been via need rather than via luck.

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#COVID19NZ #MIQ #GroundedKiwis

I have some thoughts re @GroundedKiwis court win today.

- Quarantine was still necessary BUT it needed to be in a fair and orderly way where people had the chance to get into the country when they wanted to not just needed to.

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#COVID19NZ #MIQ #GroundedKiwis

#Silvester2021 aus #MIQ in #Auckland 🇳🇿.