Video / Mark MitchellAs of next Tuesday, people travelling to New Zealand will no longer need a negative pre-departure test. Our strategy has worked and as a result it's safe to lift pre-departure test requirements much sooner than planned. "I'm advised the challenges pre-departure tests pose to visitors are now no longer outweighed by the public health benefits," she said. It is not the last however: even when pre-departure testing is gone, non-citizens and non-residents will still require proof of vaccination to travel here. The Government is also concerned it will become more difficult to get pre-departure tests as more and more countries drop them as requirements for travel.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 15, 2022 21:55 UTC