There have been two incidents so far where travellers appear to have broken transtasman rules to come to New Zealand from Australia. Photo / FileDerek Cheng is deputy political editor for the New Zealand HeraldA traveller who broke transtasman bubble rules by flying to Auckland from Perth in April has not been charged. The two incidents have reinforced the high-trust model that underpins the transtasman travel bubble, but the National Party is calling for rule-breakers to face consequences. "For the transtasman bubble to work, people have to follow the rules," the party's Covid-19 response spokesman Chris Bishop said. Deliberately breaking the transtasman bubble rules could lead to a $4000 fine or six months in jail.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 09, 2021 07:41 UTC