MIQ’s 15th voucher release – 24 February 2022
Published: 24 February 2022
At 9am today, the 15th release of rooms through the virtual lobby took place.
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Summary of the statistics
At 9am 313 people were moved into the queue — this represented 468 passengers. This was lower than last week and is the lowest number we have seen since the virtual lobby was introduced. It is likely this is due to the upcoming commencement of Steps 1 and 2 of Reconnecting New Zealand, which means eligible travellers from Australia will no longer need to come into MIQ from the end of February, and rest of world from mid March. The numbers of people participating in the lobby grew a little throughout the room release - 454 people were in the queue in total, representing 663 passengers.
289 people took the opportunity to secure MIQ vouchers – this represented 454 passengers from 55 countries, and across 290 rooms. The number of available rooms was 4,528.
Rooms for today’s release were available across February, March and April. The room release finished with 4,238 rooms not taken: 476 were left for February; 2,819 were left for March; 943 were left for April.
Approximately 28% of people who participated in the room release today were based in New Zealand.
We have already brought nearly 227,000 people back to New Zealand safely.
Rooms released today
February – 516 (40 taken)
March – 2,960 (141 taken)
April – 1,052 (109 taken)
(NB: Those who are eligible for Steps 1 and 2 of Reconnecting New Zealand do not need to come into MIQ in March and April.)
Top countries (by departure point)
Note: This is people not rooms:
India — 100 passengers
Australia – 62 passengers*
USA — 30 passengers
Great Britain — 27 passengers
Sri Lanka – 25 passengers
Pakistan — 20 passengers
Hong Kong — 17 passengers
Philippines – 17 passengers
United Arab Emirates — 13 passengers
China – 10 passengers
*42 passengers booked for February, 5 booked for March, 15 booked for April. Information about advice for travellers from Australia can be found on our website:
| Room release 15 – 24 February | Room release 14 – 17 February | Room release 13 – 6 Jan 2022 | Room release 12 – 16 Dec | Room release 11 – 7 Dec | Room release 10 – 30 Nov | Room release 9 – 25 Nov | Room release 8 – 18 Nov | Room release 7 – 9 Nov | Room release 6 – 2 Nov | Room release 5 – 21 Oct | Room release 4 – 12 Oct | Room release 3 – 5 Oct | Room release 2 – 28 Sept | Room release 1 – 20 Sept | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| People in lobby | 313 representing 468 passengers1 | 617 representing 998 passengers1 | 9,898 representing 15,090 passengers1 | 2,997 representing 4,601 passengers1 | 4,023 – representing 6,131 passengers1 | 4,498 – representing 6,909 passengers1 | 5,426 –representing 8,182 passengers1 | 14,599 – representing 22,406 passengers1 | 14,205 – representing 22,458 passengers1 | 15,925 | 19,823 | 22,459 | 25,100 | 26,700 | 25,000 |
| Total people in queue | 454 representing 663 passengers1 | 952 representing 1,431 passengers1 | 10,995 representing 16,617 passengers1 | 3,852 representing 5,762 passengers1 | 4,710 – representing 7,092 passengers1 | 5,315 – representing 8,037 passengers1 | 6,307 – representing 9,341 passengers1 | 16,278 – representing 24,675 passengers1 | 16,277 – representing 24,695 passengers1 | 17,665 – representing 26,580 passengers1 | 21,368 | 24,987 | 28,406 | 31,319 | 31,900 |
| Total people who got vouchers | 454 | 965 | 1,810 | 3,721 | 3,852 | 3,153 | 4,927 | 6,214 | 5,888 | 5,483 | 3,516 | 5,015 | 6,449 | 6,231 | 5,364 |
| Total number of countries | 55 | 69 | 76 | 109 | 104 | 95 | 122 | 126 | 128 | 109 | 97 | 111 | 126 | 125 | 117 |
| Total Number of rooms | 4,528 available; 290 taken | 2,530 available; 624 taken | 1,250 | 3,344 available; 2,506 taken | 2,506 | 2,090 | 3,411 available; 3,320 taken | 4,230 | 4,039 | 3,747 | 2,103 | 2,927 | 3,739 | 3,718 | 3,205 |
| Room numbers by month | February – 516 (not all taken) March – 2,960 (not all taken) April – 1,052 (not all taken) |
February – 523 (not all taken) March – 1,507 (not all taken) April – 500 (not all taken) |
March – 600 April - 650 |
December – 999 (not all taken) January – 983 February – 570 March – 792 (not all taken) |
December – 699 January – 329 February – 998 March – 480 |
December – 366 January – 459 February – 515 March – 750 |
November – 357 December – 988 January – 850 February – 1,216 (not all taken) |
November – 659 December – 1,235 January – 1,146 February – 1,190 |
November – 507 December – 1,337 January – 1,035 February – 1,160 |
December – 1,103 January – 1,144 February – 1,500 |
December – 1,000 January – 1,103 |
November – 159 December – 1,197 January – 1,571 |
October – 316 November –1,501 December – 1,201 January – 721 |
October – 1,434 November –1,600 December – 684 |
September – 338 October – 1767 November – 600 December – 500 |
| Top Countries (by passenger) |
India — 100 Australia – 62 USA — 30 Great Britain — 27 Sri Lanka — 25 |
India — 225 Australia – 76 Pakistan — 63 Great Britain — 62 United Arab Emirates — 55 |
India – 259 United Kingdom – 256 United States of America – 219 Australia – 208 |
Australia – 922 India – 458 Great Britain – 402 USA – 360 China – 122 |
India – 751 Australia – 610 USA – 388 Great Britain – 380 China – 149 |
Australia – 527 India – 524 Great Britain – 386 USA – 316 United Arab Emirates – 127 |
Australia – 1175 India – 599 USA – 505 Great Britain – 481 China – 213 |
Australia – 1707 Great Britain – 755 India – 668 USA –625 China – 261 |
Australia – 1399 Great Britain – 779 USA – 633 India – 607 China – 274 |
Australia – 1258 Great Britain – 747 India – 589 USA – 581 China – 235 |
Australia– 714 Great Britain – 424 USA – 423 India – 400 China – 180 |
Australia – 986 Great Britain – 773 USA –541 India– 475 United Arab Emirates – 211 |
Australia – 1296 Great Britain &ndash 970 USA – 722 India – 583 China– 272 |
Australia – 1629 Great Britain– 791 India – 647 USA – 495 China – 263 |
Australia –1352 Great Britain –774 India –460 USA – 453 China –268 |
1 Footnote: This data differs from previous releases due to the change in passport entry requirements for the lobby. People are now required to enter the passport numbers of all passengers travelling in their group, and only one member of the group can enter the lobby.
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