ANALYSIS: Overseas Kiwis affected by the new managed isolation fees say the policy doesn’t stand up to the usual tests of efficiency or fairness. When Megan Woods announced a new user-pays managed isolation system, expat Facebook groups quickly became crammed with impassioned comments. The fees are expected to apply to just 10 per cent of those using managed isolation. Hagen Hopkins/Getty Images Housing Minister Megan Woods says all Kiwis would agree a fee is fair “in the right balance”. For someone like Yvette Webster, it’s hard to sell this fee policy compromise as fair.

Source: Stuff July 29, 2020 20:21 UTC