It's been revealed top health officials agreed last November MIQ was no longer justified.
A memo from the Director of Public Health to Dr Ashley Bloomfield, said the risk posed by international arrivals transmitting Covid-19, was no longer higher than the risk of domestic transmission.
MIQ was kept open for another three and a half months.
Travel technology consultant Mike Moore told Roman Travers he's not surprised.
He says it's an extension of what he calls the deception that's maintained the ongoing climate of fear and control for a terribly long time.
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