a family of four had entered New Zealand without MIQ vouchers, having arrived on a transit ticket to Fiji. Later that morning Kiwiblog published a guest post by Auckland Barrister Tudor Clee outlining the method to enter New Zealand without obtaining an MIQ voucher prior. On 21 January, Stuff reported that an online group for New Zealanders stranded overseas was suggesting that New Zealanders could skip the MIQ process by posing as transit passengers traversing through New Zealand. While the Head of MIQ operations Melissa Ross described attempts to enter the country without an MIQ voucher as "selfish acts" that would strain the country's MIQ system, the lawyer Arran Hunt argued that these returning travelers' actions was not illegal since Section 18 of the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990 granted all New Zealand citizens the right to enter the country. On 22 January, an opinion piece by Janet Wilson published in Stuff repeated the story of the family of four and provided a direct link to the kiwiblog article by Clee. On 16 December a Newsroom article titled "Accused MIQ ‘queue jumpers’ prosecuted – but vindicated in court" reported that two citizens who entered New Zealand on transit tickets had been subject to enforcement by Police and fined $1000. Barrister Tudor Clee defended the case pro bono and the fines were dismissed by the Court. The Court stated "As New Zealand citizens they were legally able to enter the country at any time. The fact that they had pre-booked the ongoing flights and subsequently decided not to take them has no relevance. As New Zealand citizens they had the right to make that choice." Newsroom reported on 12 December that authorities had considered charging citizens using the transit method to enter New Zealand with an imprisonable offence. "Newshub can reveal the Government considered locking up those Kiwis after the loophole was uncovered. Documents obtained under the Official Information Act show officials thought about making it an offence punishable by up to six months in jail or a $12,000 fine. "Not a single person in any of the emails raised an ethical problem with putting New Zealand citizens in jail for coming back to their own country," said lawyer Tudor Clee." The consideration of imprisonment for citizens entering New Zealand was defended by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern who stated "We wanted to of course discourage it because there was