Petitions also seek travel exemptions for partners and children of temporary visa holders. I agree with this; it's well overdue. And while he's at it, the Minister should address the impossibly stupid "fetch your partner" requirements, forcing people to leave New Zealand, go into areas with many active cases of COVID-19, and then return here with their partner, which increases the border risk and utilises resources at managed isolation and quarantine facilities. It's just insanely stupid. What's happening in reality is that people are being stranded overseas for a variety of legitimate reasons, which, again, I'm guessing is actually the real objective here: they want them gone.