Nats, NZ First promise new border agencies as govt ups quarantine security

Nats, NZ First promise new border agencies as govt ups quarantine security
Pattrick Smellie
The National and New Zealand First parties are seeking to take the initiative on new border control measures as the government scrambles to improve security at quarantine facilities following a week of mounting evidence that covid-19 containment has been less watertight than the public was led to believe.National Party leader Judith Collins this morning announced a National-led government would create a new NZ Border Protection Agency, to be known as Te Korowai Whakamaru, which would "inject some steel into our first line of defence agains...

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