Only a third of travellers staying at quarantine hotels have paid their bills, with almost $20 million still outstanding. How[ever] if you wish to have your fees paid asap, please email our fees team to arrange to have that done, fees@miq.govt.nz." Asher said, "The next day I got an invoice anyway and I had 90 days to pay. Professor Alexander Gillespie says the rules should be tightened so travellers can't leave the country again without paying their MIQ fees. He said people who leave the country with unpaid MIQ fees should be pursued in the same way that Inland Revenue pursues student loan debt.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 10, 2021 16:04 UTC