No negative Covid test, no entry, no exemptions and no excuses under the National Party announcement today, which would stop anyone coming into the country who had tested positive for Covid-19.
The battle-of-the-border rhetoric has really ramped up in the last 24 hours with New Zealand First pushing out their plans for military bases to be used in place of quarantine and isolation hotels.
Not to be left out, the government timed its own border announcement to land in media inboxes just as National launched their pitch to voters, and then Act Party leader David Seymour weighed in late this afternoon.
Our political reporter, Jo Moir, has been covering developments.
