Advises the impact of the recent decisions to lengthen the MIQ stay for border arrivals to ten days and the deferral of the implementation of Step One of Reconnecting New Zealand, including seeking in-principle decisions on options to manage the impact on people who had planned travel to New Zealand after 11:59pm on 16 January.
Provides further advice on the possibility of applying the same supervision of movement in MIQ to unvaccinated people as currently applies to non-positive symptomatic people.
Seeks agreement to expand emergency allocation categories 2e)i and 2e)iv (visiting a close relative with a terminal illness or end-stage disease) to include life-threatening medical events (including accidents) from 22 November 2021.