{"id":21653,"date":"2020-08-14T02:30:45","date_gmt":"2020-08-13T17:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/aug\/14\/trans-tasman-travel-bubble-on-pause-amid-new-covid-outbreaks-across-pacific"},"modified":"2020-08-14T02:30:45","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T17:30:45","slug":"trans-tasman-travel-bubble-on-pause-amid-new-covid-outbreaks-across-pacific","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=21653","title":{"rendered":"Trans-Tasman travel bubble &#8216;on pause&#8217; amid new Covid outbreaks across Pacific"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Australia and New Zealand committed to plan, Australian minister says, but it may be delayed until after NZ election <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/datablog\/ng-interactive\/2020\/aug\/07\/coronavirus-australia-map-cases-covid-19-tracking-stats-live-data-update-by-state-suburb-postcode-how-many-new-active-case-numbers-today-statistics-corona-deaths-death-toll\">Australian stats interactive<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/datablog\/ng-interactive\/2020\/aug\/10\/victoria-coronavirus-map-melbourne-covid-19-cases-by-region-vic-case-numbers-data-trend-graph-rising-falling-corona-hotspots-areas-postcodes\">Vic cases map<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2020\/aug\/07\/australia-covid-19-lockdown-rules-coronavirus-restrictions-how-far-can-travel-interstate-border-social-distancing-nsw-victoria-vic-queensland-qld-wa-sa-act-how-many-people-over-house\">State by state Covid restrictions<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2020\/aug\/10\/victoria-stage-4-restrictions-melbourne-lockdown-rules-covid-19-stage-four-metropolitan-metro-explained-what-you-need-to-know\">Melbourne stage 4 restrictions<\/a>; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2020\/aug\/10\/regional-victoria-stage-3-coronavirus-restrictions-and-lockdown-rules-explained\">Vic stage 3 rules<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/newsletters\/2020\/mar\/28\/sign-up-for-guardian-australias-daily-coronavirus-email?CMP=cvau_sfl\">Sign up for Guardian Australia\u2019s coronavirus email<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A Trans-Tasman bubble allowing travel between Australia and New Zealand is \u201con pause\u201d after new Covid-19 outbreaks, and may be delayed until after NZ\u2019s general election, possibly until next year.<\/p>\n<p>Australia\u2019s minister for the Pacific, Alex Hawke, said both Australia and New Zealand remained committed to establishing a travel bubble as soon as it could be safely done, but that while work was continuing on the logistics of a travel regime, it was not imminent.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/aug\/14\/trans-tasman-travel-bubble-on-pause-amid-new-covid-outbreaks-across-pacific\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australia and New Zealand committed to plan, Australian minister says, but it may be delayed until after NZ election Australian stats interactive; 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