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Friday, July 11, 2025
Volume 16 . Issue 67
The Wallabies will be allowed to enter New Zealand without having to stay in MIQ so the Bledisloe match in Auckland can go ahead on 7 August.
In a statement this afternoon, Sports Minister Grant Robertson said the Australian rugby team had been granted an economic exemption to enter New Zealand without having to go into a managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) facility.
"The Wallabies have been operating in their own bubble for some time, and will travel from their base in Queensland on a charter flight to Auckland on Friday morning. They will have to fulfil all normal obligations for travel including negative pre-departure tests within 72 hours of their travel," he said.
The match was economically important, with tests estimated to be worth $17 million to $20m in spending to the hosting region, along with broadcasting rights, he said.
Robertson said the Director-General of Health and Covid-19 Response Minister, in last week's Cabinet meeting, been authorised to consider exemptions for foreigners travelling from Australia on a case-by-case basis "within the return window for events which have significant economic impacts".
The exemption had been granted by acting Covid-19 Response Minister Ayesha Verrall.
New Zealand on Friday shut down the quarantine-free travel bubble with Australia for eight weeks, giving New Zealanders a seven-day window to get a flight home.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/447805/wallabies-granted-miq-exemption-for-bledisloe-match
The Wallabies will be allowed to enter New Zealand without having to stay in MIQ so the Bledisloe match in Auckland can go ahead on 7 August.
In a statement this afternoon, Sports Minister Grant Robertson said the Australian rugby team had been granted an economic exemption to enter New Zealand without having to go into a managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) facility.
"The Wallabies have been operating in their own bubble for some time, and will travel from their base in Queensland on a charter flight to Auckland on Friday morning. They will have to fulfil all normal obligations for travel...
The Wallabies will be allowed to enter New Zealand without having to stay in MIQ so the Bledisloe match in Auckland can go ahead on 7 August.
In a statement this afternoon, Sports Minister Grant Robertson said the Australian rugby team had been granted an economic exemption to enter New Zealand without having to go into a managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) facility.
"The Wallabies have been operating in their own bubble for some time, and will travel from their base in Queensland on a charter flight to Auckland on Friday morning. They will have to fulfil all normal obligations for travel including negative pre-departure tests within 72 hours of their travel," he said.
The match was economically important, with tests estimated to be worth $17 million to $20m in spending to the hosting region, along with broadcasting rights, he said.
Robertson said the Director-General of Health and Covid-19 Response Minister, in last week's Cabinet meeting, been authorised to consider exemptions for foreigners travelling from Australia on a case-by-case basis "within the return window for events which have significant economic impacts".
The exemption had been granted by acting Covid-19 Response Minister Ayesha Verrall.
New Zealand on Friday shut down the quarantine-free travel bubble with Australia for eight weeks, giving New Zealanders a seven-day window to get a flight home.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/447805/wallabies-granted-miq-exemption-for-bledisloe-match
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