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A top epidemiologist believes Aotearoa New Zealand is ready to open up for a trans-Tasman travel bubble. Auckland Airport has been preparing for the bubble by splitting its international terminal into two zones - one for those coming from high risk countries coming and another for low risk passengers. Photo: RNZ / Liu Chen The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is due to make an announcement on quarantine-free travel to and from Australia tomorrow. University of Otago professor Michael Baker said he believed the government would ensure the right conditions and controls were in place before openin...

Air New Zealand's first quarantine-free flight lands in Auckland 21 Jan, 2021 04:25 AM 6 minutes to read For Virginia Cabral the chance to finally meet 7-month-old granddaughter Maria Virginia was sweet. Straight through the Auckland International Airport on the first quarantine-free flight from the Cook Islands she got to meet the baby for the first time. Cabral was also reunited with her other granddaughter Mahina who she had not seen for more than a year and in Auckland Airport's arrivals area she wasn't about to let either of them go as tearful daughters Penelope and Ariadne looked on. Sh...

Photo: RNZ / Matthew Theunissen She had been waiting for her daughter and two grandsons. "It's really exciting. We're getting emotional now, because we haven't seen them. We talk to them, but seeing them is totally different." There were emotional scenes at Auckland Airport as people were able to see relatives for the first time in many months. Photo: RNZ / Matthew Theunissen Mangere resident Richard Lyden was there to meet his wife, who had been in the Cook Islands for six weeks to see a sick family member. He believed a travel bubble with the Pacific should have been opened a long time ago...

Australia remains the big target for airlines and the tourist industry.

Covid-19: Air New Zealand's first quarantine-free Cook Islands flight en-route to Auckland Airport 20 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM 5 minutes to read Air New Zealand's first quarantine-free flight in months lands to emotional welcome. / Air NZ The first quarantine-free flight into New Zealand for 10 months is heading for Auckland Airport. Air New Zealand flight NZ941 is due to land just after 11.10am - about 20 minutes late. For the first time since last April, passengers from the flight will pass through the arrivals area directly into the arms of loved ones. While it is for now a one-way bubble, the f...