The government has announced a big shipment of rapid antigen tests has been secured and will be here in the next two months.
The Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson says they've secured an additional 36 million tests, on top of the 17 million already confirmed for delivery in February and the five million already in the country.
He says rapid antigen tests will be used more frequently as Omicron cases increase. National says it wants to see rapid antigen tests handed out to school kids and teachers twice a week, as Omicron circulates in the community.
It's also renewed its calls for an end to MIQ - saying the system is no longer needed, with Covid in the community.
Our political reporter Anneke Smith has the story from National's caucus retreat in Queenstown
