The first quarantine-free flight from New Zealand to Australia left Auckland for Sydney on 16 October last year. Photo: Supplied / Air New Zealand / RNZAir New Zealand's first quarantine-free flight from Auckland to Brisbane will take off tomorrow. Passengers on board the 7.40am flight will not need to quarantine on arrival in Brisbane so long as they fill out an Australia Travel Declaration form saying they have been in New Zealand for 14 days. There are now five flights a week between Auckland and Brisbane. People returning to New Zealand from Queensland will still need to quarantine for 14 days on their return.

Source: Otago Daily Times January 05, 2021 23:48 UTC