Dear John --

Yesterday, National launched a petition to end MIQ and we’ve had an incredible response from Kiwis all over the world. More than 50,000 people have already signed the petition in less than 24 hours, have you signed it yet?

If you haven’t signed our petition yet, you can sign it here.

Kiwis offshore feel shut out from the ‘Team of Five Million’. The Prime Minister hasn’t even bothered to read the letter pleading for changes to MIQ that Grounded Kiwis sent to her, and there is huge anger and frustration that New Zealand continues to close its border to its own citizens – even citizens that are fully vaccinated and who present very little risk to New Zealand.

MIQ is a lottery of human misery and it’s time to end it for fully-vaccinated and tested travellers to New Zealand.

The Government should listen to the thousands of people signing the petition every hour and announce a plan to allow Kiwis stuck offshore to come home for Christmas. A vague plan to change MIQ in the first quarter of next year just isn’t good enough.

Ending MIQ would reunite families, end the enormous anguish at the heart of the system, boost tourism, and help fill skill shortages in New Zealand.

We can’t remain stuck behind the walls of Fortress New Zealand forever. We have to reopen to the world, and a good place to start would be getting rid of the lottery of human misery that is MIQ.

The petition can be signed at: https://www.national.org.nz/end-miq-now

Regards


Chris

Chris Bishop
Spokesperson for COVID-19 Response