Seymour says the Government has been late on delivery with its announcement, but adds Ardern couldn t treat us like lucky little prisoners any longer . In an extraordinary admission today COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins said each country would be making decisions unilaterally. In other words, there is no bubble, New Zealand will just start behaving like an Australian state but six months late, he says. Today s announcement incidentally aligns with the policies ACT has been espousing for months - all of them in our COVID Response Plan 2.0.
During the announcement, Ardern said Australians travelling to New Zealand will arrive on green zone flights. There will be no passengers on that flight who have come from anywhere but Australia in the last 14 days.
Press Release – New Zealand National Party The Government should not consider a trans-Tasman bubble job done when it comes to reconnecting New Zealand to the world, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. Todays announcement was too long in coming for the families who have …
The Government should not consider a trans-Tasman bubble ‘job done’ when it comes to reconnecting New Zealand to the world, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says.
“Today’s announcement was too long in coming for the families who have been kept apart for more than a year and the tourism businesses that have struggled and sacrificed to hang on to this point. But at least we finally have some action.
It was only a month ago Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison was ribbing New Zealand s Jacinda Ardern about not wanting Australian tourists while the bubble negotiations dragged on.
Now he says the announcement is a win win , taking the opportunity again to point out New Zealand is late to the party. It was six months ago, almost, that Australia opened up to New Zealand and I m very pleased that the New Zealand government has decided that two way travel will commence Monday fortnight, he told reporters.
In 2019 Australians made up 40 percent of tourists and they spent $2 billion. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says it s estimated that spending will recover to about 80 percent of that by next year.
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