Both, the Labour-led government and the opposition National Party have recently announced they plan to charge returning Kiwis for their stay in managed isolation.

On July 29, 2020, Megan Woods, the minister in charge of managed isolation facilities, announced new legislation that would allow the government to charge some people arriving in New Zealand. Woods proposes to levy a fee of $3,100 for the first adult in a room, $950 for every additional adult, and $475 every additional child. She puts forward only to charge temporary entrants and returnees who left after the legislation came into force.

due to the covid pandemic, the new Zealand govt has implemented a managed isolation fee upon entry so in terms of private and social costs as well as private and social benefits in private decisions-making, EXPLAIN why managed isolation has been imposed on cross-border travellers entering into New Zealand, and explain the economic consequences of not charging for managed isolation upon entry.