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Cook Islands to resume flights from Auckland after seven consecutive days of no new community Covid cases in New Zealand (file photo). Cook Islands Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Immigration would allow entry for those who met the criteria, with travellers needing to be in either New Zealand of Cook Islands for 14 days. “All passengers will be required to obtain a negative Covid-19 test within 72 hours of departure from Auckland.” Passengers arriving from New Zealand would be required to take a Covid test on day six after their return to the Cook Islands. However, Australia has yet to decide whether to resume quarantine-free flights with New Zealand, with a decision expected on on Tuesday.
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The Cook Islands government is taking a wait and see approach to the resumption of passenger flights from New Zealand.
Thirty Cook Islanders who were planning to travel to Rarotonga today have been advised by the government to defer their departure to the next scheduled Air New Zealand flight to their country on Saturday.
The deferral came after the Cooks cabinet met last night to discuss the ramifications of the recent community case of Covid-19 in Northland, New Zealand.
Cook Islands finance minister Mark Brown
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Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown said the government was working closely with New Zealand s health authorities, and had decided to wait for further test results related to the Northland case to come back.