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Checkpoint reporter Nick Truebridge and cameraman Nate McKinnon have the story.
The New Zealand-Cook Islands bubble has been open for three days now, but this morning marked Captain Tama s Lagoon Cruises first new booking.
It is one down and hopefully many more to come, but Antonia Poa was pumped nonetheless. Getting into my computer again, I was like what is my username, what is my password? So that took a little while, then my phone rang and I took the booking, and I was like okay where does it go again? For how many? But it was like riding a horse again, it s all good again, I m on to it. We re running the cruise on Friday.
RNZ
The first flight to Rarotonga will touch down tomorrow. Photo: 123rf.com
Cook Islands tourism operators and businesses say they are primed for a return of Kiwi visitors after this week’s bubble opening and expect Air New Zealand to respond to any increases to travel demand.
After over a year, New Zealanders are finally able to travel to the Cook Islands without having to quarantine.
The first flight to Rarotonga will touch down tomorrow, and there will be daily flights between the two countries after that.
Australians heading to the Cook Islands will need to spend at least 14 days in New Zealand first.