According the latest MBIE managed isolation and quarantine daily 14-day forecast, spaces in MIQ facilities are "extremely limited" until March, but some may come available as travel plans changed. MIQ facilities around the country had a combined operational capacity of 4500 rooms - in the next 14 days, 4299 of these rooms will be full with 5627 people staying in them. In total, 93,898 people had been through MIQ facilities since March 26, 2020. No plans for more facilities; MIQ working through flight changesA MIQ spokesperson says managing the country's 32 managed isolation facilities, and the almost 5800 people staying in them, was a complex logistical exercise. There were facilities in Auckland, Hamilton, Rotorua, Wellington and Christchurch, and the spokesperson said there were no plans to establish MIQ facilities in any other locations.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 06, 2021 19:30 UTC