In its announcement, the Government said that they're maintaining MIQ to "reduce the spread of COVID-19 in our community from recent arrivals". However, there is little justification for its continued existence for most of this year. With the number of community cases undoubtedly more than what is actually been tested and showing up—starting to get on that exponential curve—we're only picking up a few dozen at the border. It is evidently far more likely that people coming into New Zealand over the next few months will catch COVID-19 here, domestically, rather than bring it in with them. There is no need to prolong the anguish of Kiwis and visa holders trapped overseas—not to mention their families here. Using MIQ to limit the spread of Omicron is arguably nonsensical at this point. 