New Zealanders forced to say goodbye to loved ones via Zoom We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Advertisement French horn player Michael Dixon is one of the New Zealanders living in Australia who have missed the funerals of their parents and other family events because of travel restrictions between the countries. French horn player Michael Dixon at the City Recital Hall in Sydney. Credit:Milen Boubbov Dr Dixon was disappointed he could not attend his father’s funeral on January 2 and his mother’s funeral on January 13. New Zealand makes all travellers, including those from Australia, undertake two weeks’ mandatory quarantine. Special travel arrangements allowing people from New Zealand to travel to Australia without quarantine have been suspended for three more days from Thursday after three cases of a highly contagious strain of COVID-19 were detected in Auckland.