The Government’s three-step reopening plan initially would have seen fully vaccinated New Zealand citizens and residents from Australia bypass MIQ from January 17. Fully vaccinated citizens and residents from all other countries would have been able to skip MIQ from February 14. The third step would have seen Aotearoa start to open to fully vaccinated foreign nationals from April 13. Hipkins said the Government now aims to allow fully vaccinated New Zealanders from all countries to skip MIQ from late February. This means travellers will now need to return a negative test result two – rather than three – days before departure.

Source: Stuff December 21, 2021 16:43 UTC