The much-anticipated transtasman travel bubble finally has a start date - April 19. Quarantine-free travel between New Zealand and Australia can begin in less than two weeks at 11.59pm on Sunday, April 18. Cabinet met today to decide the date the two-way quarantine-free travel will start. Ardern and Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins this afternoon confirmed that all the conditions for the bubble have been met. However, she warned that quarantine-free travel will not be what it was pre-Covid 19.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 06, 2021 04:07 UTC