The man, who flew via Sydney, is now in Northland and was the only one who made it to New Zealand. "Immigration New Zealand has a role to play in ordinarily screening passengers who are travelling to New Zealand," Immigration NZ manager Peter Elms said. "But let's remember, we're in a quarantine-free travel environment, the normal risks that Immigration would manage would not extend to New Zealand systems and they would not extend to people breaching quarantine-free travel. "Over the weekend, Immigration passenger screening systems identified over 70 people who were traveling from Perth into domestic airports in Australia, and then connecting with onward travel to New Zealand. It specifically noted in a statement that any person who was ineligible for quarantine-free travel was required to isolate for 14 days, "and is subject to penalties".

Source: Otago Daily Times April 27, 2021 21:11 UTC