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Coronavirus: Australia opens ‘travel zone’ to New Zealanders – BBC News
It is the first opening of borders by either nation since Covid restrictions were imposed.
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New Zealanders are to be granted access to Australia in the first opening of international borders by either nation since Covid restrictions were imposed.
People will be able to fly from New Zealand to New South Wales and the Northern Territory – and avoid mandatory quarantine – from 16 October.
The nations closed their borders in March in a bid to stop the spread of coronavirus.
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