The government has come out defending its MIQ programme, despite losing a High Court challenge launched by the Grounded Kiwis group, representing New Zealanders stranded overseas and unable to come home.
The High Court found that the MIQ system operated unjustly in some cases, and that the so called 'virtual lobby' which allocated MIQ spaces operated like a lottery.
It also found the emergency allocation process, which was supposed to help stranded and desperate New Zealand citizens, was not run effectively.
And in what is perhaps the most damning aspect of the finding, the Court said that a more sophisticated system, that better prioritised those with a right to return, was reasonably available, and would have met the government's public health strategy.
One of those loudly calling for the government to change its MIQ settings was Sir Ian Taylor. He talks to Nick Truebridge.
