Skegg said the testing staff at the border - including at airports and sea ports, along with those managing isolation and quarantine facilities - had been "even poorer than some of us feared". The pair were asked about Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peter's idea to shift facilities to military camps. "We are not adverse to other kinds of facilities," Woods said. "This is the Government saying this is very important, and so we are doing to directly hire [security staff] ourselves. Peters said military facilities at Whangaparāoa, Ohakea, Burnham, Waiouru and West Melton could all be used.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 19, 2020 22:52 UTC