Tuesday, 14 July 2020

Flights between Cook Islands and NZ to be confirmed next week

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    Kiwis can travel to Rarotonga next week but will have to quarantine upon return to New Zealand....
    The Cook Islands Government is hopes to confirm a "travel bridge" with New Zealand in the next week. . Photo: Supplied via NZ Herald
    The Cook Islands government expects to confirm a "travel bridge" with New Zealand in the next week.

    The concept would allow people to travel between the two countries freely, and follows a meeting between Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her counterpart Henry Puna last night.

    Cook Islands Deputy Prime Minister Mark Brown says there's a desperate need for tourism in the country, which is free of Covid-19.

    Brown said they have already made arrangements for the travel bridge with Auckland Airport.

     

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    OtagoIdeas Tue, 14/07/2020 - 3:03pm

    Cook's never had a case. So why did it take so long? Political posturing from our PM, who is letting us have some normality and relinquishing central government control. It must be election season.