Covid 19 coronavirus: 400 exposed after transtasman bubble breach at Brisbane Airport
30 Apr, 2021 02:03 AM
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New Zealand's Covid-19 vaccine rollout is three per cent ahead of schedule, except in Northland where a big push to use available vaccine is underway.
New Zealand's Covid-19 vaccine rollout is three per cent ahead of schedule, except in Northland where a big push to use available vaccine is underway.
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By: Ben Graham
Brisbane International Airport is now a "venue of concern" after a passenger, who had travelled from Papua New Guinea and mingled with passengers bound for New Zealand, tested positive to Covid-19.
Covid 19 coronavirus: More travellers heading to NZ than Australia in transtasman bubble
30 Apr, 2021 08:41 AM
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Auckland Airport's international arrivals lounge on the first day of the travel bubble. Photo / RNZ
Auckland Airport's international arrivals lounge on the first day of the travel bubble. Photo / RNZ
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The Tourism Industry says 10,000 more people have arrived in New Zealand than departed since the transtasman travel bubble opened.
Quarantine-free travel with Australia began last Monday and Tourism Industry Aotearoa chief executive Chris Roberts said in the nine days since the bubble opened there have been 30,000 arrivals and 20,000 departures.
The arrival numbers were just a fraction of pre-pandemic times - they would normally be five times that at this time of year, Roberts said.
Has the transtasman bubble boosted NZ's struggling hospitality sector?
28 Apr, 2021 11:00 PM
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Diners wait for orders outside Ferg Burger and sister business Fergbaker in Queentsown. Photo / Getty Images
Diners wait for orders outside Ferg Burger and sister business Fergbaker in Queentsown. Photo / Getty Images
Aimee Shaw is a business reporter focusing on retail, small businessaimee.shaw@nzherald.co.nz@AceeyShaw
A week and a half into the transtasman travel bubble is said to have catapulted New Zealand hospitality sales to their biggest week of the year yet. According to digital insights platform Trickle, which tracks sales data from over 300 hospitality venues across New Zealand - representing approximately 5 per cent of the industry, last week hospitality netted its biggest sales week of the year, with sales up 38 per cent following the travel corridor opening up on April 19.
Queenstown busy with local tourists, lacking in Australian visitors
27 Apr, 2021 09:38 PM
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Queenstown is heaving with local visitors during the school holidays. Video / Hamish Clark
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By: Hugh Collins
The transtasman bubble may be alive and kicking but it's yet to put any real dent in a struggling tourist economy.
Queenstown is enjoying a flood of much-needed school holiday visitors this week, after a challenging year from Covid-19.
However, Queenstown Chamber of Commerce chief executive Ruth Stokes said there are still very few Australian accents in town.
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But she said things are looking up - with plenty of ski season bookings coming in from across the ditch.
Transtasman travel bubble: One new case of Covid-19 in Western Australia
24 Apr, 2021 07:50 AM
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The state opposition has blasted Premier Mark McGowan for his handling of the hotel quarantine system. Photo / Getty Images
The state opposition has blasted Premier Mark McGowan for his handling of the hotel quarantine system. Photo / Getty Images
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By: Angie Raphael
Western Australia has recorded one new local case in the community of Covid-19 overnight, as the Premier renewed his push for Commonwealth facilities to be used instead of hotels.
The state is on day one of a three-day lockdown, sparked after a 54-year-old Victorian man unwittingly contracted Covid-19 in quarantine at the Mercure Hotel then spread the virus to a friend before leaving Perth.
Covid 19 coronavirus: Perth lockdown - New Zealand-Western Australia travel suspended; Air NZ flight cancelled
23 Apr, 2021 05:50 PM
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West Australian Premier Mark McGowan places Perth and the nearby Peel region into a three-day lockdown following two positive cases that have been in the community. Video / Sky News Australia
West Australian Premier Mark McGowan places Perth and the nearby Peel region into a three-day lockdown following two positive cases that have been in the community. Video / Sky News Australia
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The six-day-old transtasman bubble has suffered its first major setback.
Covid-19 Minister Chris Hipkins last night halted travel between New Zealand and Western Australia after Perth and a neighbouring region went into a three-day lockdown.
Beehive Diaries: The bubble, coughing fits and health reform typos
23 Apr, 2021 02:23 AM
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has described today's travel bubble opening as an "important milestone" in New Zealand's economic recovery. Ardern thanked everyone who has come to New Zealand from Australia - "welcome".
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has described today's travel bubble opening as an "important milestone" in New Zealand's economic recovery. Ardern thanked everyone who has come to New Zealand from Australia - "welcome".
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A recess week at Parliament delivered the transtasman bubble, major health reforms, a visit by an Australian Foreign Minister, and Jimmy Barnes.
Transtasman travel bubble: The big difference between Australia and New Zealand
23 Apr, 2021 03:09 AM
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There were emotional scenes at airports across the country as the Trans-Tasman bubble reunited families and loved ones from across the ditch. Video / Mark Mitchell / Tom Dyton / AucklandNZ
There were emotional scenes at airports across the country as the Trans-Tasman bubble reunited families and loved ones from across the ditch. Video / Mark Mitchell / Tom Dyton / AucklandNZ
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Stepping foot on-board one of the transtasman bubble flights from Sydney to Wellington was a cause for celebration for news.com.au's Vanessa Brown. But, she writes, the journey home was a different story.
Jimmy Barnes joins Neil Finn in tribute to New Zealand after transtasman bubble reunion
22 Apr, 2021 03:17 AM
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Jimmy Barnes and Neil Finn perform tribute to New Zealand. Video / @jimmybarnes
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Together at last thanks to the transtasman bubble, musicians and long time friends Neil Finn and Jimmy Barnes, along with their families, graced social media with a heartwarming tribute to Aotearoa.
Australian Jimmy Barnes jumped across the Tasman as soon as the bubble opened and, in a social media post, released a video of himself, singing in te reo with Neil Finn.
We’ve been longing to be with our dear ones accross the seas. Here’s a Māori song with our whānau here. Hi from New Zealand with @NeilFinn@SharonFinn12@elroyfinn@ejie@jimmymetherell@jane13barnes#janebarnesband Pokarekare Ana. Full video on my Facebook page pic.twitter.com/wDUi2TF4aI— Jimmy Barnes (@JimmyBarnes) April 21, 2021