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Quarantine free travel between Australia and New Zealand suspended for eight weeks
July 23rd 2021
New Zealand has suspended quarantine free travel with Australia for eight weeks due to the worsening COVID-19 situation across the Tasman. Read More » “There are now multiple outbreaks, and in differing stages of containment, that have forced three states into lockdown," New Zealand prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, said. "The health risk to New Zealanders from these cases is increasing." Australians will no longer be able to travel to New Zealand quarantine free, but New Zealanders in Australia will have the opportunity to return home via managed return flights scheduled to operate over the next seven days. “We do want the bubble to resume. We remain committed to it. When I spoke to prime minister, Scott Morrison, this morning I conveyed this view directly. But it must be safe,” Ardern said.
