The first quarantine-free flight between Australia and New Zealand is due to touch down in Auckland early on Monday morning, just six minutes after the trans-Tasman bubble officially opens.
From April 19, Kiwis and Australians are able to travel between the two countries without having to quarantine.
Stuff understands the Qantas flight from Sydney is repositioning to New Zealand and the only passengers on board will be crew.
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The flight is not listed on Auckland Airport s arrivals board, but a Qantas A330 is listed on Flight Radar 24 as arriving at 12.05am. The border opens six minutes earlier.
Academic tussle as ancient relics from black market brought into country
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A pair of 2000-year-old bark manuscripts that promise to unlock some mysteries of the birth of Buddhism have turned up in Australia, sparking an ethical and legal debate about whether they should be here.
University of Sydney academic Dr Mark Allon sourced the ancient relics on the black market and then in 2019 established a crowdfunding campaign, seeking to raise $30,000 to fund research into them.
After concerns were raised about the relicsâ provenance and the ethics of studying black market antiquities, the university launched an investigation and suspended the campaign, which had raised $26,000.