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With that, I shall depart, but Josh Taylor will take you through all the New Zealand updates for the afternoon.
Here are the New Zealand prime minister’s comments about the trans-Tasman from earlier today:
We know that we had roughly 1,800 Australian citizens cross the border yesterday, and then, of course, a number of Kiwis travelling on Kiwi passports. But knowing that we were welcoming so many Aussies on day one across 30 flights was absolutely magnificent.
We will treat any cases in a very similar way as you see the different states do.
