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The 'foundational right' of New Zealanders to return home, versus the 'proportionate' response to the risks the country faced.
The two key arguments that have been debated in the High Court in Wellington over the last couple of days, as the group Grounded Kiwis takes on the government over the MIQ system.
It's a policy that's resulted in heartbreak for thousands of offshore New Zealanders, forced to play the MIQ lottery to get a ticket home.
The hearing has now wrapped up and a group of Grounded Kiwis is gathering in the capital.
Checkpoint reporter Nita Blake-Persen was there.
She is joined by Grounded Kiwis spokesperson Alexandra Birt.