New Zealand has said it will not reopen to foreign travellers for at least another five months, as it slowly relaxes some of the world's toughest pandemic border restrictions.
The Pacific nation's Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins said New Zealanders stranded in Australia could return home from mid-January and Kiwis travelling from elsewhere would be allowed in a month later.
But foreign nationals must wait until the end of April under the blueprint for a phased reopening, according to an AFP report.
Hipkins said under the new regime, travellers would sel- isolate for seven days provided they were fully vaccinated and passed a series of Covid-19 tests.
