Government ministers are expected to discuss the future of border controls and the managed isolation system at today's Cabinet meeting.
While the settings have helped slow Covid-19 from entering the community; it has been heavily criticised for making it harder for New Zealanders to get home.
At its caucus retreat in Queenstown the National Party this morning said it would scrap MIQ and reduce isolation to seven days for cases and close contacts.
Meanwhile, Omicron is now spreading through the community -- with some models projecting half of us could contract the virus.
Māni Dunlop asks Otago University law professor Andrew Geddis what the government needs to weigh up in its deliberations.
