1 Mar 2022

New Zealanders itching to travel as isolation requirements end

From Checkpoint, 5:21 pm on 1 March 2022

Tickets booked, bags packed. New Zealanders are saying 'see ya later' with the suspension of isolation requirements.

But while an overseas holiday is now back on the cards for some - the move's not necessarily good news for all.

Some sectors are worried vacancies left by departing New Zealanders won't be filled by overseas workers, who must still isolate to enter the country.

Nick Truebridge and cameraman Nick Monro have the story.