2 May 2022

Covid-19: First international tourists touch down in NZ

From Morning Report, 7:23 am on 2 May 2022

The first vaccinated tourists from the US not required to go into MIQ have arrived Auckland Airport this morning.

The border reopened at midnight to vaccinated visitors from about 60 visa-waiver countries - including the US, Canada, the UK, Japan, and Singapore.

The first flights landed Auckland this morning are from Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Reporter Jordan Bond is there.