Travel

The trans-Tasman bubble will reopen for Western Australia and Northern Territory from midnight Friday, but will stay closed for Queensland and New South Wales.

New Zealanders stuck in those states… Audio

Government Covid-19 business adviser Rob Fyfe believes it is time to look at purpose-built isolation facilities.

He is amongst many, including fully vaccinated people, who cannot travel offshore as… Video, Audio

Nearly nine million Australians are now able to travel to New Zealand quarantine-free again, with the partial lifting of the nationwide suspension on the travel bubble.

As of this morning, those in… Audio

The Australia-NZ bubble is set to partially reopen on Monday, with quarantine-free travel allowed from three states - Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania - and the ACT.

Brett O'Riley, the CEO of… Audio

Rebecca Kennedy splits her time between Hong Kong and Macau, but over the past 12 months she's been more or less stuck in the latter location due to the restrictions imposed because of Covid-19. She's… Audio

It is time to ditch the 'one-size-fits-all' managed isolation and quarantine for people who are fully vaccinated, Professor of Medicine Des Gorman says.

Several businesses have told Checkpoint they… Audio

Meanwhile Australia will halve the number of overseas arrivals on commercial flights as its managed isolation system cracks under pressure from the highly transmissible Delta variant.

Ella Stewart… Audio

It's Friday so we cross the ditch to Canberra to talk to our correspondent Kerry-Anne Walsh. Audio

Tourism operators are holding out hope for the return of cruise ships - after more than a year without the reliable dose of tourist dollars.

Cruise ships have been banned from entering New Zealand's… Audio

Auckland Airport is predicting its fortunes will take off early next year, but it all depends on the Covid-19 vaccine rollout.

The country's biggest airport is expecting a loss of between $35 million… Video, Audio

Australia continues to grapple with a rise in Covid cases with South Australia becoming the latest state to record new locally acquired cases.

Worldwatch's Perlina Lau has more. Audio

There are growing calls for a shake-up of New Zealand's managed isolation and quarantine system, from exporters and workers who need to travel offshore and say a shortage of isolations spots is… Video, Audio

Almost half of Australia will wake up in lockdown this morning- the other half will be able to travel to New Zealand from Monday after the Government announced it would lift the travel pause with… Audio

Relatives unable to mourn the deaths of family members and parents split from children are just two examples of the heartache brought on by the pause of the Trans-Tasman bubble.

With rising case… Audio

Two Kiwis are riding the Olympic wave, as surfing makes its debut at the Games. It's hoped Ella Williams and Billy Stairmand's appearance at the Tokyo games will inspire even more Kiwis to get on… Audio