than NZ$72,000 through a Givealittle fundraising campaign. On 14 December, Grounded Kiwis submitted a petition with 22,888 signatures to the New Zealand Parliament, calling for the MIQ system to better align with the Bill of Rights. The group was received by the National Party's COVID-19 Response spokesperson Chris Bishop, ACT Party leader David Seymour and Green Party Member of Parliament Elizabeth Kerekere. Bishop described the MIQ allocation system as a "lottery of human misery that had gone on far too long" while Seymour described the current MIQ situation as "verging on a form of torture." Kerekere stated that the MIQ situation "was not just a Bill of Rights issue, but also of the Treaty of Waitangi." On 27 April 2022, High Court Justice Jill Mallon ruled in favour of Grounded Kiwis' legal challenge against the MIQ system. Mallon found that certain aspects of the MIQ system particularly the "virtual lobby" and the inability to take applicants' personal circumstances into account breached the Bill of Rights Act 1990. Other issues identified included the limited supply of spaces and the strict criteria for emergency allocation. See also Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand References External links COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand Containment efforts related to the COVID-19 pandemic