Covid in New Zealand and Australia: ‘I’d been looking home longingly – but now I’m just frustrated’
The i 9 hrs ago Emma Reynolds
I’ve got a new habit in the middle of the night. Every time I wake up, I check for spots in New Zealand’s hotel quarantine system, flicking through every date for the next few months. Once, there was a space on November 19. By the time I logged in it was gone.
The frustrating process has become an obsession. Official advice is to share your password with friends and family who can check while you’re asleep. People are hiring freelancers or click farms to book for them, or following Twitter accounts that send alerts the instant spots become available. Others use code to game the system.