Event organisers, pubs, clubs and restaurants are in limbo waiting for a downward alert level shift in Auckland from Covid-19 alert level 2 to 1.
Cabinet is made the crucial decision but is not making the decision public until Friday.
A survey in the Queenstown region has a third of businesses in the town's CBD hanging by a thin financial thread, expecting to close their door for good before winter is out.
Australia is advocating for a two-way quarantine-free bubble and splashing $1.2 billion on cheapie domestic flights to keep tourism moving.
What is New Zealand doing? Tourism Minister Stuart Nash joins Lisa Owen to discuss.
