Rumours of a fourth Managed Isolation and Quarantine facility opening in Rotorua are circulating. It comes as almost 11,000 people have been quarantined in one of Rotorua's three MIQ facilities — the Sudima, the Ibis, and the Rydges hotels. Rotorua District councillor Merepeka Raukawa-Tait says while nothing has been confirmed, it appears likely. "We already have three big ones, the Sudima, Rydges, the Novotel, so we've really only got a couple left." Whakarewarewa Māori Living Village chief executive Mike Gibbons says a fourth MIQ would be devastating for the local tourism industry.

Source: New Zealand Herald September 19, 2021 05:15 UTC