New Zealand has approved quarantine-free travel with Australia, with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern saying a two-way corridor for travel between the two largely Covid-free nations will begin on 18 April. "I can confirm that quarantine-free travel will begin in just under two weeks, at 11:59pm on 18 April," Ms Ardern announced after the date was confirmed by her cabinet.
The travel bubble comes more than a year after New Zealand closed its doors in the face of the coronavirus pandemic and six months after Australia allowed New Zealanders to fly into selected states without the need to quarantine.
Ms Ardern described it as a world leading move between New Zealand, with just 26 deaths in a population of five million, and Australia, with fewer