Travel
Covid-19: Travel industry ready for border opening
The travel industry is buzzing as our trans-Tasman cousins get ready to spend Easter in Aotearoa.
Air New Zealand has added more than 90 new flights from Australia and the government is pumping in… Audio
PM on border reopening plan: 'We're ready to welcome the world back'
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced New Zealand's borders will be open to vaccinated Australians from 11.59 pm on 12 April.
NZ 'back on the map': Recruitment, more flights, and calls for vaccine pass removal
The various groups says the past two years have been incredibly tough, but this long-awaited news provides them certainty, allows for gradual rebuild of tourism and will save operators from collapse.
Auckland welcomes return of travellers, but staff urgently need
It's the news Auckland's downtown has been longing for - tourism is coming back, and sooner than expected.
Vaccinated Australians are now welcome from April 13.
Vaccinated travellers from other… Video, Audio
Board of Airline Representatives welcomes border reopening
Aotearoa is ready to welcome back the world, but how are they going to get here.
The number of international carriers coming into the country has slimmed down considerably since Covid hit.
In… Video, Audio
NZ ready to welcome world back - Jacinda Ardern
New Zealand is ready to welcome the world back - that's the message from the Prime Ministerial podium - as the country's reopening is accelerated.
The timeline for easing border restrictions has… Audio
'Apart from lockdown, the last few weeks have been the toughest' - Tourism industry
Tourism operators are not expecting an immediate flood of visitors when the border finally opens, but are hoping to at least have Australian visitors in by Easter. Audio
Tourism industry eager for border announcement
As we have been reporting this morning, The Prime Minister is expected to today announce when many Covid-19 restrictions will ease or stop altogether once we're past the peak of Omicron.
That would… Audio
Queues grow for passports as borders reopen
The stampede is on for passports, but beware you may have to wait.
After two years of border restrictions, New Zealanders can now travel off shore and return without having to isolate, as long as… Video, Audio
Calling Home: Glen Craig in Port Vila
Sixteen years ago, Kiwi businessman Glen Craig took a one-year sabbatical from his work here to pick up a 12-month contract in Vanuatu. Little did he know that he would still be there in 2022… Audio
Govt cuts isolation requirements for Covid cases to 7 days
The government has slashed the isolation requirements for Covid cases by almost a third - as the rapacious spread of Omicron threatens to grind businesses to a halt.
More than 22,000 new cases were… Audio
Tourism businesses say funding helped but not a silver bullet
Tourism businesses in the five regions hit hardest by the pandemic say targeted government funding has been a boon but not a silver bullet.
Last year, Minister Stuart Nash unveiled a $200 million… Audio
US warns against travel to New Zealand due to rising Covid-19 cases
The United States' Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has today raised its travel advisory warning on travel to New Zealand.
Calling Home: Andrew Dubber in Norrmjöle, Sweden
Andrew Dubber and partner Michela Magas live in the picturesque village of Norrmjöle (pop 219), in the north of Sweden. They're currently renovating a 200-year-old farmhouse in a forest by a lake and… Audio
Families reunite as borders reopen: 'It's pretty emotional being apart'
There was a true kiwi welcome at Auckland Airport this afternoon for the first group of New Zealanders returning home under the easing of Covid isolation rules.
Holiday parks keep guest numbers up despite border closures
New figures show campgrounds have been keeping guest numbers up over the last two years, despite the closed borders.
There were 1.7 million guest nights in January in 2019, and again in January 2022.
…Around 900 New Zealanders to arrive without isolation requirements
From midnight tonight, fully-vaccinated New Zealand residents and citizens travelling to Aotearoa will no longer need to complete an isolation period for the first time in nearly two years.
House of Travel busy as Kiwis can return home, no MiQ
From midnight tonight vaccinated Kiwis from across the world will be able to return to New Zealand without spending time in MIQ or self-isolation. With this news, House of Travel has seen such an… Audio
New Zealanders itching to travel as isolation requirements end
Tickets booked, bags packed. New Zealanders are saying 'see ya later' with the suspension of isolation requirements.
But while an overseas holiday is now back on the cards for some - the move's not… Video, Audio
First AUS-NZ MIQ-free flight lands in Auckland
Touchdown - the first MIQ-free flight from Australia has landed in Auckland with vaccinated passengers now able to go home to isolate.
From Thursday, they'll be free to head out into the community… Video, Audio
