By this time next year, one step through a SmartGate could be the single border security hoop travellers have to jump through for a Trans-Tasman flight.
An announcement on simplifying travel was the big takeaway from the meeting between Prime Ministers Chris Hipkins and Anthony Albanese in Wellington.
An expert taskforce has been given a year to explore how to simplify the border the two countries share - but taking care not to jeopardise their ironclad biosecurity laws.
Political reporter Giles Dexter has more.
