lissie Posted March 14, 2020 #1 Share Posted March 14, 2020 from the PM just now https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/411738/live-ardern-briefs-media-following-covid-19-cabinet-committee-meeting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare OzKiwiJJ Posted March 14, 2020 #2 Share Posted March 14, 2020 Wow! And everyone entering the country has to self-quarantine for 14 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwichick62 Posted March 14, 2020 #3 Share Posted March 14, 2020 7 minutes ago, OzKiwiJJ said: Wow! And everyone entering the country has to self-quarantine for 14 days. Any announcements from Australia? Often NZ and Aussie have similar policies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MMDown Under Posted March 14, 2020 #4 Share Posted March 14, 2020 1 minute ago, kiwichick62 said: Any announcements from Australia? Often NZ and Aussie have similar policies. Not yet! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi_cruiser Posted March 14, 2020 #5 Share Posted March 14, 2020 😞 a sad day for New Zealand and cruise ships visiting New Zealand. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi_cruiser Posted March 14, 2020 #6 Share Posted March 14, 2020 NZ Herald:https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12316692 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lissie Posted March 14, 2020 Author #7 Share Posted March 14, 2020 7 minutes ago, kiwichick62 said: Any announcements from Australia? Often NZ and Aussie have similar policies. Jacinda has been getting nowhere with the Australian treatment of NZ residents there - I think its quite significant that she hasn't excluded arrivals from Australia (which is most of them) from thsi ban Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwichick62 Posted March 14, 2020 #8 Share Posted March 14, 2020 4 minutes ago, lissie said: Jacinda has been getting nowhere with the Australian treatment of NZ residents there - I think its quite significant that she hasn't excluded arrivals from Australia (which is most of them) from thsi ban Anyone arriving from Australia will be asked to self isolate too, only exceptions are people arriving from the Pacific Islands. I don’t see our mutual PMs talks regarding the treatment of NZ citizens has any relevance regarding corona virus travel bans. The issues are and should be unrelated. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter1956 Posted March 14, 2020 #9 Share Posted March 14, 2020 3 hours ago, kiwichick62 said: Any announcements from Australia? Often NZ and Aussie have similar policies. I am afraid our current prime minister is a bit slow. Admire the New Zealand prime minister. She leads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aus Traveller Posted March 14, 2020 #10 Share Posted March 14, 2020 1 hour ago, OzKiwiJJ said: Wow! And everyone entering the country has to self-quarantine for 14 days. That is the same restriction that Norway put in place earlier in the week. Norway is effectively closed to cruise ship visits. BTW, the 2020 Sea Princess World Cruise is scheduled to visit five ports in Norway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisine21 Posted March 14, 2020 #11 Share Posted March 14, 2020 46 minutes ago, kiwichick62 said: Anyone arriving from Australia will be asked to self isolate too, only exceptions are people arriving from the Pacific Islands. I don’t see our mutual PMs talks regarding the treatment of NZ citizens has any relevance regarding corona virus travel bans. The issues are and should be unrelated. We are booked to fly there for 2 weeks in May Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aus Traveller Posted March 14, 2020 #12 Share Posted March 14, 2020 1 hour ago, lissie said: Jacinda has been getting nowhere with the Australian treatment of NZ residents there - I think its quite significant that she hasn't excluded arrivals from Australia (which is most of them) from thsi ban I don't think the differentiation between Pacific Islands and Australia is because of the 'Australian treatment of NZ residents'. It is more likely because Australia has cases of the virus whereas the Pacific Islands don't. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aus Traveller Posted March 14, 2020 #13 Share Posted March 14, 2020 Just now, cruisine21 said: We are booked to fly there for 2 weeks in May You might be wise to re-consider that trip if you can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
getting older slowly Posted March 14, 2020 #14 Share Posted March 14, 2020 I think a bold move.... but the right one...... Morrison will still be twiddling thumbs in a month...... Well we are not going to New Zealand until November..... so should be right... Just not talk about toilet paper Cheers Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MMDown Under Posted March 14, 2020 #15 Share Posted March 14, 2020 1 hour ago, Aus Traveller said: I don't think the differentiation between Pacific Islands and Australia is because of the 'Australian treatment of NZ residents'. It is more likely because Australia has cases of the virus whereas the Pacific Islands don't. Of course that would be the reason. The virus is a health issue, not a political issue. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aus Traveller Posted March 14, 2020 #16 Share Posted March 14, 2020 1 hour ago, peter1956 said: I am afraid our current prime minister is a bit slow. Admire the New Zealand prime minister. She leads I think it would be a much more difficult decision to close Australia's doors totally, rather than NZ that is a much smaller country. A few weeks ago Australia put in place restrictions on who could enter the country and I believe these restrictions have been tightened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwichick62 Posted March 14, 2020 #17 Share Posted March 14, 2020 7 minutes ago, Aus Traveller said: I think it would be a much more difficult decision to close Australia's doors totally, rather than NZ that is a much smaller country. A few weeks ago Australia put in place restrictions on who could enter the country and I believe these restrictions have been tightened. Why would it be more difficult? Yes, Australia is a large continent, NZ is a small country. Despite the size differences we are both island nations, geographically remote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calabazar Posted March 14, 2020 #18 Share Posted March 14, 2020 5 hours ago, OzKiwiJJ said: Wow! And everyone entering the country has to self-quarantine for 14 days. I wonder how the NZ authorities will enforce this? All very well to make the bold announcement but if it can’t or won’t be enforced, what’s the point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fletch1 Posted March 14, 2020 #19 Share Posted March 14, 2020 Bold decision, but with only 4 reported cases in NZ so far, probably a good move. If they get more cases show up in the next few days, may be all in vain. Let's hope not. But, as previously mentioned, how are they going to police the 14 day self isolation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare OzKiwiJJ Posted March 14, 2020 #20 Share Posted March 14, 2020 This is why NZ is doing the right thing. " 20 new confirmed cases in New South Wales The Department of Health has confirmed a slew of new coronavirus cases in New South Wales. Among them are: Two men and one woman recently travelled from Italy A 64 year old woman recently travelled from Germany A 67 year old man recently travelled from the US Two people recently travelled from the UK and two from other European countries" I wonder how long it was from the time they arrived in Australia to the time they were diagnosed. Did they go shopping locally, go to restaurants, movies, church, travel on public transport, etc, etc, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
valantine80 Posted March 14, 2020 #21 Share Posted March 14, 2020 A lot of FIFO workers come from NZ to work in mining sites in Australia. I wonder how they will manage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esilef Posted March 14, 2020 #22 Share Posted March 14, 2020 I’ve just cancelled my Easter holidays to Rotorua. I’m not happy about it but the right thing has been done. i hope that the New Zealand travel industry is not to badly harmed by this, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisine21 Posted March 14, 2020 #23 Share Posted March 14, 2020 2 minutes ago, Esilef said: I’ve just cancelled my Easter holidays to Rotorua. I’m not happy about it but the right thing has been done. Were you covered by insurance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esilef Posted March 14, 2020 #24 Share Posted March 14, 2020 Just now, cruisine21 said: Were you covered by insurance? We were but luckily qantas gave us a refund and other parts of the trip we could cancel. Still trying to get onto air New Zealand. Their phones are busy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottygirl1 Posted March 14, 2020 #25 Share Posted March 14, 2020 2 minutes ago, cruisine21 said: Were you covered by insurance? Most travel insurance does not cover pandemics. I know our major policy has this exclusion - thankfully we managed to cancel our holiday before losing much money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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