Three thousand managed isolation quarantine spots open up on Monday morning and Kiwi athletes stranded overseas will be among those scrambling to make a booking to get home.
Ironman Braden Currie is one of them.
Because of the uncertainty and stress they've been through, he and wife Sally have started a petition calling for an overhaul of the system.
Currie needs to travel the world to earn a living, but as much as he loves being away, not being able to come home has taken its toll on his career.
"He's fairly unhinged right now," Sally tells Newshub. "He's trying to create a positive mindset about his career moving forward.
Currie is currently stranded in Spain and Sally's been trying to find her husband a MIQ spot for months, but will try again tomorrow morning.
"This is something we accepted when the pandemic set in," she says. "We accepted we all had to adjust to that and a lot of the world pressed pause.
"I think we're seeing very clearly now a lot of the world has pressed the play button, and so our businesspeople and sportspeople are being faced with really tough decisions about whether they continue.
"In these industries, if you don't plan ahead you'll probably fail.
"There is no process for people who need to plan on any level - there's no hope of a process."
For Currie, competing overseas is how he earns a living and supports his family.
"[We've] seen so many stories from people who can't return to New Zealand," says Sally. "In our situation, Braden will have to face some quite major decisions about his career moving forward... whether he's prepared to put himself through the stress of leaving the country, not knowing when he can come home again."
After battling the MIQ system for so long and sharing their struggles with others facing the same issue, they acknowledge there are Kiwis in worse positions than them.
" [People] aren't getting answers or justification for denied requests. The emergency allocation criteria is very, very tough.
"I believe anyone that meets it should be able to return home. These are horrific circumstances for New Zealanders around the world."
Tennis star Michael Venus, who was part of the NZ Davis Cup team that just lost 3-1 to South Korea, will also be jumping online.
"Probably between baggage claim and the rental car place, I'll be on my phone and logged in, trying to get a spot for later in the year," he says.
Like so many Kiwis trying to earn a living abroad, it's been a struggle and the Curries are now wondering how long they can deal with the uncertainty.
