The trans-Tasman bubble will close at midnight tonight to all Australian states and territories for at least eight weeks.


For the next week there will be managed return flights for New Zealand citizens and residents.

Anyone coming from New South Wales still needs to go into MIQ for 14 days.

Epidemiologist Michael Baker told Simon and James a full suspension is easier to implement than keeping the bubble going with States not affected by the Delta variant.

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