30th June 2021 Australia / BordersThe travel bubble pause allows New Zealand to work on its Covid-19 response, writes senior lecturer Matt Hobbs.
29th June 2021 Australia / BordersOperators in the north are also feeling the impact of curtailed travel but to varying degrees.
29th June 2021 Australia / Covid-19A decision is expected later today on whether to extend Wellington’s alert level 2 restrictions.
28th June 2021 Australia / Ski FieldsThere is no support connected to changes in the trans-Tasman travel arrangement, says Jacinda Ardern.
28th June 2021 Australia / BorderAir New Zealand cancels all inbound passenger flights from Australia until 11:59pm on Tuesday 29 June.
27th June 2021 Australia / BordersWith the Sydney outbreak spreading, the government says the risk to NZ is growing.
25th June 2021 Australia / Ski FieldsThat extension will cut deep into the Australian school holiday period of 26 June to 11 July.
24th June 2021 Australia / BorderBusinesses are keeping a watchful eye as the important Australian school holiday period approaches.
24th June 2021 Australia / Covid-19The shift at 6pm on Wednesday was made “out of an abundance of caution,” says Covid-19 response minister Chris Hipkins.
23rd June 2021 Australia / BordersA number of hospitality outlets were also visited by the tourist.
23rd June 2021 Australia / BordersQuarantine-free travel from New South Wales to New Zealand has been paused.
21st June 2021 Australia / BordersThose who visited Bondi Junction mall on 12 and 13 June urged to test immediately.
18th June 2021 Australia / BordersPause extended until Tuesday 22 June, to be reviewed if situation evolves.
14th June 2021 Australia / BordersThe vast majority of arrivals from Australia came to visit family and friends, says Stats NZ.
11th June 2021 Australia / BordersCovid-19 Response minister Chris Hipkins says the suspension will continue for a further seven days.
8th June 2021 Australia / SkyCitySkyCity’s Adelaide business is under investigation by Australia’s financial watchdog.
4th June 2021 Australia / BordersThe decision was made after the Victorian government extended its lockdown for a further week.
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.
1st June 2021 Australia / Borders“It’s good to get more eyes on this place,” says Ziptrek’s executive director, Trent Yeo.
1st June 2021 Australia / BordersThere appeared to be just one commitment which could have a direct impact on tourism.
28th May 2021 Australia / BordersThe decision was made following the growing number of Covid cases in Melbourne.
25th May 2021 Australia / BordersThere have been nine cases of Covid-19 in the past two days in Melbourne.
18th May 2021 Australia / GovernmentBoth PMs are expected to meet tourism leaders at the hard hit destination.
10th May 2021 Australia / BordersQuarantine-free travel from New South Wales to New Zealand resumes today.
6th May 2021 Air NZ / AustraliaAir NZ says flights to Cairns and the Sunshine Coast were forecasted to begin in June, no specific date was given.
4th May 2021 Australia / SurveyAround two-thirds of New Zealanders are looking at domestic travel in the next six months, while only 15% are thinking about going to Australia, according to an April survey by Angus & Associates.
3rd May 2021 Australia / BordersGung-ho Aussies and timid Kiwis are exacerbating the net benefit of travel to NZ.
29th April 2021 Australia / TIANew Zealand saw more than 30,000 arrivals in the first nine days of the trans-Tasman bubble with 20,000 now departed, according to Stats NZ data.
28th April 2021 Australia / BordersTravellers from Western Australia will be able to fly quarantine-free to New Zealand again from later today.
22nd April 2021 Australia / BordersBut it’s still a long way to go before arrivals reach pre-Covid levels.
21st April 2021 Australia / BordersWe’ve been preparing for almost a year, says ANZCRO’s Nick Guthrey.
20th April 2021 Australia / BordersThe arrival of flight QF121 in Queenstown marks the turning of the tide for the resort, says mayor Jim Boult.
20th April 2021 Australia / BordersArdern plans to take Scott Morrison to some of the South Island’s tourist destinations.
20th April 2021 Australia / BordersThe arrivals from Australia were greeted with handshakes, hugs and lollies.
15th April 2021 Australia / BordersAustralians are ready to jump the ditch to visit New Zealand with a record number looking for accommodation, says Booking.com.
12th April 2021 Australia / Travel BubbleQueenstown’s a winner, but other parts of New Zealand could see domestic tourism spend diverted abroad.
7th April 2021 Australia / BordersTourism groups breathe a collective sigh of relief after a date is set for the two-way safe travel corridor.
7th April 2021 Australia / BordersAreas with outsize reliance on international visitors ready to grab Aussie lifeline.
7th April 2021 AustraliaThe two-way, quarantine-free safe travel corridor finally gets a start date.
6th April 2021 Australia / BordersWith Jacinda Ardern expected to make a major announcement today, the Ticker hears from operators what they want to hear from the PM.
6th April 2021 Australia / BordersIt has been a while since many of us have encountered Australians in the wild, writes Bennett Richardson.
23rd March 2021 Australia / PoliticsAround 42,000 Kiwis have signed the National Party’s call to open the trans-Tasman bubble petition.
22nd March 2021 Air NZ / AustraliaAir New Zealand says Hobart will be its next quarantine-free destination if the trans-Tasman bubble gets the green light.
19th March 2021 Australia / BorderTourism business owners around the country have welcomed the prospect of a return of Australians.
19th March 2021 Australia / Booking.comBooking.com has revealed its top most searched international destinations by Kiwis on their platform just before the country’s borders closed exactly a year ago.
18th March 2021 Australia / BorderA decision could be announced next week, according to reports coming out of the Beehive.
16th March 2021 Australia / BorderJacinda Ardern says including a third country like Singapore means “having to reconfigure our entire formulation”.
16th March 2021 Australia / PoliticsThe National Party has launched a petition calling on the Government to get a move on with the trans-Tasman travel bubble.
12th March 2021 AustraliaKiwi operators also working across the Tasman say it’s frustrating facing the NZ Govt’s attitude.
10th February 2021 Australia / BorderYou cannot unscramble the egg – once the [borders] are open, says Jacinda Ardern.
