Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has revealed New Zealand will need to have a certain level of Covid-19 herd immunity before border restrictions are significantly altered. But that may still be a long way off - the Minister of Covid-19 Response Chris Hipkins said some travel restrictions would likely remain in place for another 12 to 18 months. But Ardern said New Zealand's goal is to be at a certain level of immunity before the Government considers changing its border restrictions. She said the question is: "What will it take us to get, through immunisation, up to that herd immunity [level]?" But he said some form of travel restrictions would likely remain in place for the next year to 18 months.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 23, 2020 23:17 UTC