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Counterpoint: Larry Page entered NZ in early 2021 and was placed in a middling MIQ hotel. His people tried to get him moved to one of the best hotels but were u
by roca 5y ago
Counterpoint: Larry Page entered NZ in early 2021 and was placed in a middling MIQ hotel. His people tried to get him moved to one of the best hotels but were unable to do so. Page is the world's fifth richest person. I think this counts against "New Zealand is bought and paid for by the cloistered elite".
- vasco 5y agoThey severely restricted the freedom to return home from all citizens but since they also made billionaire stay in a middle of the road hotel this is what sticks?
- roca 5y agoMIQ was an essential component of the elimination strategy. Elimination was a fundamentally egalitarian strategy; it disproptionately benefited the less-well-off, who inevitably suffer more when the virus is allowed to spread, and it was disproportionately costly to the wealthy and privileged, who had their jet-set lifestyles curtailed. International travellers are mostly not the underprivileged of society.
- rasz 5y agoWas this at the time he was allowed to enter NZ despite Total ban on entry? >NZ charter 4200 kilometer medevac flight while country is on total lock down, and the emergency is so urgent whole thing takes >24 hours before the flight even takes off. “The day after the application was received, a New Zealand air ambulance staffed by a New Zealand ICU nurse-escort medevaced the child and an adult family member from Fiji to New Zealand,” https://apnews.com/article/technology-lifestyle-travel-new-zealand-immigration-b7184a3296dea7c8c276232d615da0ac https://apnews.com/article/technology-lifestyle-travel-new-z... Reminder, Sydney is merely 1 hour extra flight time away and borders were wide open in January.