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For Marko Puni, the opening of the travel bubble with Australia was a long time coming. The 23-year-old had been in limbo for the past two months, waiting on the travel bubble to open so he could see his family again after two years apart. He was booked on the second flight to leave Christchurch for Australia on Monday and was delighted to be on his way to Melbourne to see his parents and his younger siblings. Puni finished a four-year degree in Fiji last year and had planned to move to Melbourne to be with his family, but was forced to go to New Zealand instead when Australia shut its border.