Border controls were justifiedThe High Court decision accepted that having to possess a voucher to get into MIQ did not, in and of itself, amount to an unjustified infringement of the right to enter the country. Read more: How will history – and the law – judge New Zealand’s mothballed MIQ system? The system should ideally have been able to detect and prioritise differences in individual circumstances, the High Court found. While the MIQ system achieved the government’s health objectives, the result was that some New Zealanders experienced unreasonable delays in exercising their right to enter the country, according to the High Court decision. The royal commission will probably learn from the decision of the High Court and the opinion of the Ombudsman.

Source: Stuff December 13, 2022 12:57 UTC