Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern responds to calls for the New Zealand border to be opened. But there could not be a country-to-country travel bubble when Australia was not even opening state-by- state internally, he said. READ MORE:* Deputy Prime Minister Winston Peters moots state-by-state trans-Tasman bubble - starting with Tasmania* Coronavirus: What happens at our borders in level 1, and in the trans-Tasman bubble* Coronavirus: Trans-Tasman travel bubble date down to Australians, Winston Peters says* Coronavirus trans-Tasman bubble: NZ could open to New South Wales and Victoria firstAt the time he mooted a state-by-state trans-Tasman bubble instead - starting with Tasmania after he held talks with its state leader. SUPPLIED If Australia decides to open up at Federal level and not state-by state, a travel bubble will take longer. "The suggestion that somehow New Zealand is standing in the way of opening up a trans-Tasman bubble, is simply incorrect.

Source: Stuff June 30, 2020 05:28 UTC