Air New Zealand is set to relaunch 24 international routes, including some long-haul operations. The Government has announced a five-step reopening plan that starts progressively in February. The national carrier has responded with plans to restart flying to popular destinations like Singapore (March 27), Seoul (7 July), San Francisco (April 14), and Chicago (September 30). […]

Ōpōtiki District Council is backing calls from iwi leaders to restrict movement into the region to help keep Covid-19 from spreading into the rohe. This comes after a confirmed case of Covid-19 was announced by the Ministry of Health today. Ōpōtiki councillor Louis Rapihana is also a member of the iwi response unit for Te […]

The six-day sale includes seats on five domestic and nine transtasman routes, including Auckland to Wellington from $22 and Auckland to Gold Coast (Coolangatta) from $129. Travel dates vary per route and include mid-January to mid-April and early May to early July 2022. Club Jetstar members will have early access to the sale from midday […]

A tropical cyclone forming in the Solomon Sea is due to hit New Zealand next week, just as holidaymakers begin to move around the country for Christmas. It comes within days of the Auckland border lifting, allowing residents of the country’s biggest city to move freely around New Zealand for the first time in four […]

Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins announced that most travellers coming into New Zealand who are fully vaccinated will no longer be required to enter managed isolation. New Zealand citizens will be able to travel from Australia without the requirement of quarantining after January 16 2022, providing they are fully vaccinated. However, the mandatory 7 day […]

The Super City is expected to open to New Zealanders on 15 December, however visitors to Auckland will be required either vaccinated or tested for Covid-19. The prime minister said confirmation of the planned switch to the Covid-19 Protection Framework for all of New Zealand is still to be confirmed by cabinet. It is expected […]

An airline industry group is calling on the government to relax managed isolation (MIQ) restrictions because it worries international airlines may give up on coming here at all. The Board of Airline Representatives of NZ executive director Justin Tighe-Umbers told Checkpoint airlines have become increasingly frustrated, and some were already pulling out of New Zealand […]

New Zealanders will be able to travel to New South Wales and Victoria from tomorrow without having to quarantine upon arrival. Under the rules of the one-way travel bubble visitors will need to be fully vaccinated and will require a negative Covid test within three days prior to departure. Australia’s Tourism Minister Dan Tehan says […]

New Zealand passport has quietly climbed to 6th place in the power rankings. This is up two places since the start of the pandemic, leapfrogging both the US and UK passports which grant 185 visa free travel destinations Based on data from the Internatinoal Air Transport Association IATA, the annual rankings compare passports by the […]

Indonesia plans to reopen the airport in the resort island of Bali for international flights on October 14, after closing it for more than a year because of the Covid-19 pandemic. International arrivals must show proof of hotel bookings for a mandatory eight-day quarantine. Indonesia, the world’s fourth-most populous country, has recorded more than 4.2 […]