Covid is back

[Rumpelteazer]

So...treat returning Kiwis like criminals then, just because they very naturally,want to come home? I hope not.

There is a bit of a difference between those stuck overseas after going on holiday, and those who thought they could start a better life outside NZ, working and living elsewhere for 2 or 3 decades, not paying any taxes in NZ and think they can come "home" when it suits them because the conditions are not favourable anymore.

I have no idea how many expats have decided to come back here, but charging for quarantine is not a bad thing.

Same thing annoys me with those that have lived outside NZ for years and left their family behind and then complain about missing their funeral.
Thats the price you pay for leaving your country when world conditions deteriorate.

Why not give them a choice.    Pay for a quarantine in a luxury hotel as at present or go to a government funded quarantine at an army barracks such as at Waiouru with army catering and guarded by army personnel with medical staff supervising.