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Lisa Te Tai is preparing to fly to New Zealand with her granddaughter Manaia Taalili. New Zealand will allow Australian travellers to enter their country without COVID-19 mandatory hotel quarantine. Credit: Jacky Ghossein
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Lisa Te Tai is preparing to fly to New Zealand with her granddaughter Manaia Taalili. Credit: Jacky Ghossein
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Lisa Te Tai is preparing to fly to New Zealand with her granddaughter Manaia Taalili. Credit: Jacky Ghossein
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Lisa Te Tai is preparing to fly to New Zealand with her granddaughter Manaia Taalili. Credit: Jacky Ghossein
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Lisa Te Tai is preparing to fly to New Zealand with her granddaughter Manaia Taalili. Credit: Jacky Ghossein
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Lisa Te Tai preparing to fly to New Zealand with her granddaughter Manaia Taalili.
Credit: Jacky Ghossein
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First "bubble" flight to New Zealand. JQ201 was scheduled to take off at 6:15am and will be the first non-quarantined flight from Australia to New Zealand since the borders closed across both countries because of the COVID-19 outbreak. Credit: Nick Moir
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First "bubble" flight to New Zealand. JQ201 was scheduled to take off at 6:15am and will be the first non-quarantined flight from Australia to New Zealand since the borders closed across both countries because of the COVID-19 outbreak. Credit: Nick Moir
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Lisa Te Tai and her granddaughter Manaia Taalili. She is visiting her children in Auckland and also taking her grandson. Credit: Nick Moir
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Lisa Te Tai and her granddaughter Manaia Taalili. She is visiting her children in Auckland and also taking her grandson. Credit: Nick Moir
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Lisa Te Tai and her granddaughter Manaia Taalili board their flight. Credit: Nick Moir
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Lisa Te Tai and her granddaughter Manaia Taalili on board their flight to Auckland. Credit: Nick Moir
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Lisa Te Tai and her granddaughter Manaia Taalili, left, on board their flight to Auckland. Credit: Nick Moir
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Lisa Te Tai and her granddaughter Manaia Taalili arrive in Auckland to be greeted by her son Marcelle Te Tai and his son. Credit: Nick Moir
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Lisa Te Tai and her granddaughter Manaia Taalili arrive in Auckland to be greeted by her son Marcelle Te Tai and his son. Credit: Nick Moir
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Emotional arrivals at Auckland airport. Credit: Nick Moir
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Emotional arrivals at Auckland airport. Credit: Nick Moir
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Emotional arrivals at Auckland airport. Credit: Nick Moir
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Lisa Te Tai and her granddaughter Manaia Taalili arrive in Auckland to be greeted by her son Marcelle Te Tai and his son. Credit: Nick Moir
Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/australia-and-new-zealand-travel-bubble-begins-20210419-h1vajr.html