Travel

The government is expected to announce changes to the MIQ system today ... after yesterday's scheduled announcement was called off. Ministers met yesterday to go through details of the changes, but -… Audio

People in parts of Waikato and King Country are seeing restrictions loosened slightly, to alert level 3 step 1, the same as Auckland's current settings.

Hamilton, Raglan, Waipa, Waitomo and… Audio

New Zealand's Covid response minister, Chris Hipkins signalled yesterday there'll soon be changes to MIQ including shorter stays and eventually the whole system will be replaced with home isolation.

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Hospitality New Zealand is "warily" pleased with the government's vaccine edict, which it says will bring greater protection and clarity to a sector in rather dire need of both.

But the association… Audio

A group of New Zealanders stuck overseas have proposed a self isolation system for returnees, which would see more people get home and reduce cost for the government.

The Grounded Kiwis plan would… Video, Audio

Senior students are back at school today, but with case numbers rising, the race to vaccinate continues.

The deputy prime minister Grant Robertson told Morning Report the Government expects to make… Audio

After months unsuccessfully trying to get a space in MIQ, an Auckland woman has decided to sail home home across the Pacific.

She and three other Kiwis are on a 40ft yacht taking a 2000 nautical mile… Audio

A Covid-19 modeller is asking the government to consider requiring people travelling into the South Island to first provide a negative Covid-19 test.

The top of the South Island's had a Labour… Audio

To say Nelsonian Rosie Manins' introduction to life in Atlanta has been something of a baptism of fire would be an understatement. A former ODT journalist who is married to a Grammy Award-nominated… Audio

Police are ramping up their presence in coastal King Country towns ahead of the long weekend.

Kawhia Community Board chairman Dave Walsh is concerned about people travelling to their baches in his… Audio

We are likely to see a total reassessment of international travel, and probably not just in the short term. Think vaccine passports and higher air fares just for starters.  Audio

Life in Australia is slowly getting back to normal, with more states releasing plans to open up and let people back in.

With high vaccination rates, a national plan and clear targets, states are… Audio

Business leaders say while quarantine-free travel for South Islanders to Australia is encouraging, it'll have little impact without the arrangement being a two-way street.

From Wednesday, travellers… Audio

As someone who is involved in the tourism industry in Tel Aviv, life has been something of a roller coaster for Cantabrian Alex Jones in recent times. He's Calling Home this morning. Audio

Iwi leaders in Tairawhiti Gisborne want assurances from the government that their region will be protected from Covid-19. The threat of Covid-19 is heightened in the country's region with the most… Audio

The emergency allocation system for spots in MIQ is cumbersome and demands an unrealistic levels of evidence, with fewer than 10 percent of applications being approved in some categories according to… Audio

New South Wales' new Premier says the state will soon do away with hotel quarantine.

From the November 1, fully vaccinated travellers will be allowed in without having to isolate in a hotel or at… Audio