24 Nov 2021

Covid-19: Police association on calls to MIQ

From Morning Report, 8:41 am on 24 November 2021

Police get called to at least one disruptive incident a day at MIQ hotels.

Since January, there have been 259 calls for help relating to drunk and abusive guests, domestic abuse and self harm, leading to four arrests.

But changes to the MIQ system are coming and New Zealand is moving to a traffic light system.

Police Association president Chris Cahill spoke to Susie Ferguson about what that means for law enforcement.