Tag: MIQ
MIQ scales down operations
Managed Isolation and Quarantine (MIQ) is beginning to scale down its operations as international travel starts back up, Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins announced...
Master returns to Times team
Former Times Media news editor Farida Master has rejoined the group after months away on a sabbatical in Canada.
Master returns in a different role....
Mum’s baby joy tinged with sadness over Covid travel restrictions
Pia Rampling is overjoyed to welcome the newest member of her family, but when her baby will be able to meet her grandparents is...
Merry Christmas and season’s greetings from Christopher Luxon
By Christopher Luxon, the MP for Botany and National Party Leader
It's been just over 12 months since I was elected the MP for...
Auckland lockdown pain must end
By Christopher Luxon, MP for Botany
Earlier this month, I joined Judith Collins and my National Party colleagues Simeon Brown and Melissa Lee for...
NZ borders to Oz to open in January, the world in...
HIGHLIGHTS: Reconnecting New Zealand - the next steps
Fully vaccinated Kiwis and other eligible travellers can travel to NZ from Australia without staying in MIQ...
It’s time to say goodbye to MIQ
By Simeon Brown, MP for Pakuranga
With the Government now openly conceding that eliminating Covid-19 is not possible and warning that it will likely...
Aucklanders let down by poor planning for Delta
By Christopher Luxon, MP for Botany
Last week, Aucklanders reached a bleak milestone: our 80th consecutive day in lockdown.
When Delta hit the community back...
Aucklanders need plan out of lockdowns
By Simeon Brown, MP for Pakuranga
Aucklanders have faced the greatest level of Covid-19 restrictions than any other part of New Zealand over the...
MIQ’s Hunger Games begin
Former Times news editor Farida Master shares her experience from Canada of an anxious four-hour wait in the new MIQ Virtual Lobby with 22,909...