Travel

The start of the Australian school holidays was meant to be a lifeline for Queenstown's beleaguered businesses, instead that lifeblood has been cut off.

The government has closed the trans-Tasman… Video, Audio

Scanning QR codes could be made compulsory at high risk venues like bars and restaurants.

Jacinda Ardern says Cabinet is also considering whether to mandate more wide spread use of masks or face… Video, Audio

We head to the Cook Islands where people are anxiously waiting for news out of Wellington and what the city's Covid-19 scare could mean for the travel bubble with New Zealand. Joining us from… Audio

The New Zealand Taxi Federation says vaccinating drivers should be a priority as concerns rise that the Covid 19 Delta variant could spread here It's unknown how the Australian tourist travelled… Audio

North Shore native Steve Marshall lives with his wife and children in the US student town of Chapel Hill, where he works at the University of North Carolina. The campus draws people from all over the… Audio

A group of young Cook Islanders set off this week on a voyage they hope will revive a generations-old tradition that's become endangered.

They're visiting all 15 of the country's islands on a… Audio

Thirteen new local Covid-19 cases have been found in Sydney since last night, eight of whom attended the same birthday party.

Restrictions are ramping up again, and the New South Wales health… Audio

Thousands of people in Wellington have been told to isolate and get tested, some for as long as two weeks, depending on where they were.

The central city community testing centre was inundated with… Video, Audio

The Wellington region goes into Covid-19 alert level 2 restrictions from 6pm on Wednesday.

Among those rules are: social distancing, no gatherings over 100, strict rules for hospitality venues and… Video, Audio

The New South Wales health authority has advised that at least one person who later tested positive for Covid-19 travelled to Wellington from Sydney last weekend.

Passengers on two flights between… Audio

Wellington is on high-alert after a traveller from Sydney, who visited the captial at the weekend, tested positive for Covid-19 on their return to Australia.

Late last night, New South Wales Health… Audio

Ashley Bloomfield says lockdown is an option in Wellington after a person who travelled there from Australia tested positive for Covid-19.

The traveller from Sydney, visited Wellington last weekend… Audio

A positive case of Covid-19 travelled to Wellington from Sydney last weekend.

Any passengers on two flights between Sydney and Wellington are being asked to isolate immediately and call healthline… Audio

Quarantine-free travel from New South Wales to New Zealand was paused at midnight last night and will be in place for at least 72 hours.

That followed the announcement of 10 new cases on Tuesday… Audio

An Australian traveller from Sydney, who visited Wellington from Saturday 19 June until Monday 21 June, has tested positive for COVID-19 upon their return to Australia.

Late on Tuesday night, New… Audio

At least one person who later tested positive for Covid-19 travelled to Wellington from Sydney last weekend.

Late last night New South Wales Health issued an alert identifying passengers on two… Audio