The government is announcing details of a trans-Tasman travel bubble after months of behind-the-scenes preparations and work with counterparts in Australia
Cabinet has been meeting today to decide the date the two-way quarantine-free travel will start. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern promised last month to announce on 6 April when the bubble could begin operating.
She today said airlines had not been given any forewarning about when a bubble with Australia would be opened.
Ardern had previously said the government had carefully worked through the framework of a trans-Tasman bubble.
But she warned travelling would not be without risk and if there was a community outbreak in Australia, travelling Kiwis may have to stay put, self-isolate or be tested once they return.
The three-day lockdown in the Greater Brisbane area was lifted over the weekend and there have been no new cases in Queensland for the second day in a row.
In northern New South Wales coronavirus restrictions eased on Monday night after another day of no new community cases.
New Zealand's tourism industry has been waiting impatiently for quarantine-free visitor flights between the two nations to return, giving a much-needed injection of life into the sector, which could bring an estimated $1 billion into the national economy.
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