Photo / Dean PurcellNew Zealand's door has been opened to overseas students again - but only for 250 postgraduate students who will have to pay for their own quarantine. "Everyone entering New Zealand on a border exception, including international students, will have to pay charges for managed isolation," it says. The first 250 students represent about one-fifth of 1 per cent of the 117,000 foreign students who normally come to New Zealand each year. "Allowing these students to travel to New Zealand is a step in the right direction for the international education sector. Universities NZ and Education NZ both welcomed the move and looked forward to extending it.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 12, 2020 02:26 UTC