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Niue and New Zealand may have a travel bubble soon, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern confirmed.
The news comes after Niue Prime Minister Dalton Tagelagi confirmed that there have been discussions between his government and New Zealand about non-quarantine travel.
On Saturday, Ardern confirmed that he had a good chat with Tagelagi last week and believed they were making good progress in a travel bubble soon.
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Niue Prime Minister Dalton Tagelagi has confirmed that discussions between his government and New Zealand on quarantine-free travel have begun.
Ardern said Pacific countries like Niue and the Cook Islands have the same criteria as New Zealand when considering travel bubbles, and a community broadcast free period was very important.
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New Zealand anticipated border cases and was constantly prepared for them, he said.
“It is fair to say, and you will see the communication from Niue, they are very happy with the progress and the regime that New Zealand is running.
“But of course there are things we are still working on. [I’ve] I had a good conversation with the prime minister last week and I think we are making good progress and that we will be in a position to … eventually have a quarantine-free travel arrangement with Niue soon. “
Discussions between the Niue and New Zealand authorities on travel have been going on since after the shutdown.
New Zealand has gone seven days without community transmission, following two outbreaks since March.
Niue has not had any Covid-19 cases since January 3.
