Covid-19: Thousands still apart despite border exemption stuff.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from stuff.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Difficult wait for migrant families to be reunited will continue, despite 1300 free rooms in managed isolation Newshub 2 hrs ago
The trans-Tasman bubble means about 1300 spots will free up in managed isolation.
About 500 of those will be kept open as a contingency in case there s an outbreak but migrant workers want the rooms used to bring in their loved ones who they haven t seen for more than a year.
Some migrant workers have been separated from their families for more than 540 days. They gathered at Parliament on Tuesday in protest.
Engineer Colin Forrest arrived before his family, to set up their new life here - then COVID slammed the borders shut.
MIQ vacancies a measure of how unwanted we are : Migrants separated from family for more than a year protest at parliament stuff.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from stuff.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.