The government says no date has been set for when a travel bubble may open up with the Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau, but the Cook Islands government says it expects to confirm a "travel bridge" with New Zealand in the next week.
Jacinda Ardern and her Cook Islands counterpart Henry Puna met on Monday to discuss the possibility of lifting quarantine requirements for inter-country travel.
Cook Islands correspondent Florence Syme-Buchanan.
