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The New Zealand government has scrapped its requirements for all travellers into the country to return a negative COVID-19 test prior to their departure.
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Qantas has reinstated four routes to New Zealand to keep up with growing passenger demand, ahead of the country's busy winter ski season.
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New Zealand has reopened its international borders to tourists from dozens of visa-waiver countries, in the next major step in the country's gradual reopening plan.
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New Zealand has finally lifted border restrictions and quarantine requirements for Australians entering the country, for the first time since the trans-Tasman bubble was paused in July.
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Boeing has begun assembly on New Zealand’s first P-8A Poseidon aircraft, announcing it has this week laid the jet’s keel beam alongside Spirit AeroSystems.
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The New Zealand PM announced on Thursday that the country is preparing to re-open quarantine-free travel for vaccinated people from countries considered low risk by March 2022.