New Zealand begins to reopen to international travellers
Our Kiwi neighbours are slowly lowering the drawbridge to overseas visitors as case numbers continue to surge across the...
New Zealand reveals reopening plan with Australians shut out until April
Our neighbours across the ditch appear to have scrapped the trans-Tasman bubble, announcing Australians won't be able to...
Air New Zealand to operate quarantine flights amid trans-Tasman travel bubble’s extended pause
NZ’s national carrier is doing what it can to help get Aussies home, and vice versa for Kiwis, while the trans-Tasman ...
Qld closes border to NSW, WA reinstates hard border with SA, trans-Tasman bubble suspended, and Victoria calls for “ring of steel” around Sydney
Yes, we got a bit carried away with the headline, but there has been A LOT going in in the last 24 hours that you all sh...
Trans-Tasman travel pause to lift for some states next week
If all goes to plan, Aussies from some states will be allowed to cross the ditch soon, while the rest will remain in the...
NZ suspends entire trans-Tasman bubble, as states and territories introduce new border restrictions
The latest COVID-19 outbreaks across Australia are causing some serious border chaos both domestically and international...
WA, South Australia and New Zealand shut out NSW travellers
Sydney's COVID situation is starting to get dicey, with some very tight restrictions coming into play both near and far.
New Zealand halts travel bubble with Victoria amid Melbourne’s COVID-19 outbreak
Trans-Tasman travel has suffered yet another setback, as Melbourne's COVID cluster becomes a growing concern.
Ponant unveils 14 new ‘border bubble’ voyages to New Zealand and beyond
The expedition cruise line is taking advantage of the trans-Tasman bubble, releasing a spate of new itineraries explorin...
New Zealand welcomes back travellers from NSW following 48-hour pause
After being left in limbo for two days, NSW travellers have been given the green light from New Zealand to grab their su...
New Zealand launches brilliant tourism campaign just as it pauses quarantine-free travel from NSW
Tourism New Zealand has suffered some very unfortunate timing with the launch of its new tourism campaign directed at Au...
Air New Zealand CEO trials new digital travel pass app on first international flight since joining the airline
It was a day of firsts for Greg Foran last Friday, who popped his international flight cherry with Air NZ and put the ne...
Travel agent “honoured” to make history on Air New Zealand’s revived Hobart-Auckland route
This agent scored one of only 70 spots on Air NZ’s first flight in a generation between the two cities. Jealous much?
Stranded Aussie expats risk huge fines and jail time to travel overseas via New Zealand
The first batch of Aussies using the trans-Tasman bubble as a means to escape have begun their journeys, despite warning...
Trans-Tasman flyer charged for threatening to blow up plane over wine spat
Travel Weekly staff have had similar problems at Friday knock-off drinks, but concede that threatening to blow up a plan...
Auckland Airport worker’s COVID infection linked to international traveller
Pleasingly, NZ reported no new community cases of COVID-19 today, and PM Jacinda Ardern is confident that the two-way tr...
YIPPEE! Two-way trans-Tasman bubble finally kicks off
Today is the day, folks! As of midnight last night, the two-way trans-Tasman bubble is FINALLY open! Get the lowdown on ...
Qantas still committed to October restart for international flights, says Joyce
Qantas' CEO doesn't plan on letting a few vaccine "speedbumps" get in the way of the flying kangaroo going international...