15th December 2021 BARNZ / BorderAirline industry leaders are cautiously optimistic the government will shift away from its conservative stance towards allowing international travellers back to New Zealand once more data become available.
25th November 2021 Border / Covid-19The seven-day self-isolation requirement for visitors is “hugely disappointing” for tourism.
28th June 2021 Australia / BorderAir New Zealand cancels all inbound passenger flights from Australia until 11:59pm on Tuesday 29 June.
24th June 2021 Australia / BorderBusinesses are keeping a watchful eye as the important Australian school holiday period approaches.
4th June 2021 Australia / BorderA data reconciliation has identified an additional 48 people in New Zealand who were required to isolate and be tested for Covid-19 after having arrived from Melbourne between 20-25 May.
27th May 2021 Border / MarineAustralian yachts can enter New Zealand waters within existing travel restrictions and under certain conditions, says the New Zealand Marine Industry Association.
17th May 2021 Aiports / BorderTwo- way quarantine free travel between the Cook Islands and New Zealand starts today, Monday 17 May.
14th May 2021 BorderA travel bubble with Australia and select Pacific nations will probably remain the border status during the Covid-19 vaccine rollout.
12th May 2021 Border / MIQFirst part of 1000 student cohort announced in January.
4th May 2021 Border / TravelThe Department of Internal Affairs says they have updated New Zealand passports with enhanced security features.
1st April 2021 Border / QACCovid-19 vaccinations are to start in Queenstown on 10 April with airport staff among the first to receive the shots.
30th March 2021 Border / TravelOver 400,000 New Zealand passports expired as people have no place to go.
25th March 2021 Border / ToursSome pent-up international demand for travel might dissipate before Australia and New Zealand’s borders re-open, says the founder of G Adventures.
23rd March 2021 Border / Travel BubblePM Jacinda Ardern acknowledges New Zealanders want certainty but the issue is “highly complex”.
22nd March 2021 Border / TPSLeaders at the Tourism Policy School look forward to a trans-Tasman bubble but accept tourism will change post-Covid.
19th March 2021 Australia / BorderTourism business owners around the country have welcomed the prospect of a return of Australians.
18th March 2021 Australia / BorderA decision could be announced next week, according to reports coming out of the Beehive.
17th March 2021 Border / PoliticsTalks have moved from a joint decision making framework with Australia to “more of a unilateral approach”.
16th March 2021 Australia / BorderJacinda Ardern says including a third country like Singapore means “having to reconfigure our entire formulation”.
15th March 2021 BorderNew Zealand has opened quarantine-free travel for people travelling from Niue.
11th March 2021 Border / SpendThe lack of tourists and Auckland’s lockdowns led to a “whopping” fall in card expenditure, says ASB.
11th March 2021 Border / PoliticsThe trans-Tasman bubble has been urged to open by opposition leader Judith Collins and Australian PM Scott Morrison shares her remarks.
10th March 2021 Border / PoliticsParty leader Judith Collins says it will also help open up NZ’s stretched MIQ facilities.
9th March 2021 Border / UN TourismNZ is among a third of countries surveyed to have shut their borders with Asia Pacific implementing the strictest measures.
5th March 2021 BorderThe Ministry of Health will roll out saliva swabbing for asymptomatic surveillance testing of border workers for Covid-19.
2nd March 2021 Border / Covid-19Tourism leaders want to know how the Govt is planning to re-open the country’s borders.
25th February 2021 BorderAround 40 border workers at Christchurch Airport have received their first dose of the Covid-19 Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine – the first to do so in the South Island.
23rd February 2021 Air NZ / BorderAir New Zealand will trial the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) digital Travel Pass app designed to help enable safe international travel.
19th February 2021 Border / VisasVisitor visa holders will be able to stay in New Zealand for longer thanks to two new changes announced today
16th February 2021 BorderThe bank forecasts a trans-Tasman bubble in the second half of 2021 and wider border openings in early 2022.
12th February 2021 Border / Covid-19The first priority will be the country’s 12,000 border workers, says Jacinda Ardern.
10th February 2021 Australia / BorderYou cannot unscramble the egg – once the [borders] are open, says Jacinda Ardern.
4th February 2021 Border / CruiseThe cruise industry says it has been abandoned by the Government.
26th January 2021 Australia / BorderThe decision forced the cancellation of flights scheduled to depart for Australia today.
25th January 2021 BorderBorder workers in quarantine facilities are being offered voluntary daily Covid-19 saliva tests in addition to their regular weekly testing from today.
21st January 2021 BorderThe first quarantine-free international passenger flight in 10 months will touch down at Auckland Airport today.
18th January 2021 Air NZ / BorderAir New Zealand will start conducting saliva tests of its staff to see if its effective in detecting Covid-19.
14th January 2021 Border / StudentsInternational tertiary students will start returning to New Zealand in April after the Government approved 1000 to be let in.
13th January 2021 BorderHowever, NZ’s pandemic response has increased its allure as a safe-haven destination, says the bank.
13th January 2021 BorderAll people coming to New Zealand will have to undergo day 0/1 Covid-19 testing upon arrival, says Covid-19 response minister Chris Hipkins.
17th December 2020 BorderThe scale of the immunisation programme was outlined today after the Government said it had secured two more vaccines.
8th October 2020 Border / DataForeign tourism is a hard void to fill, especially over summer, the bank says.
7th September 2020 Border / Covid-19The rules cover entry into the country via air and maritime borders and the operation of managed isolation and quarantine facilities.
12th August 2020 Border / GovernmentNew Zealand citizens and residents currently overseas were not liable for charges if they were returning home permanently.
16th July 2020 Arrivals / BorderPeople planning to come to New Zealand for a holiday will have their application to visit rejected, says Immigration New Zealand.
24th June 2020 Border / GovernmentA new Covid-19 testing regime has been launched by the Government as more Kiwis return from overseas.
22nd June 2020 BorderTesting is the answer to opening a travel bubble for overseas tourists, according to Veronika Vermeulen, owner of Aroha New Zealand Tours.
15th June 2020 Border / GovernmentACT leader David Seymour is calling for the Government to be proactive about its border policy.
