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The trans-Tasman bubble was meant to reunite best friends and Newshub colleagues, Lisette Reymer and Emma Cropper.
But due to the timing of the first flights between Australia and New Zealand, the closest they will get to each other may be a passing wave as their flights wizz past each other in opposite directions.
Reporting from Auckland International Airport this morning, Reymer said everyone at the airport was in an amazing mood, and travel things that used to seem tedious were actually fun. All of the stuff that usually annoys you at airports has been really exciting! Reymer told The AM Show s Duncan Garner.
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8.20pm: The day in sum
Genome sequencing linked the pair of new Covid-19 cases – an adult and a child – to the same strain of the virus detected at the Pullman Hotel.
The Ministry of Health said it had found no evidence of community transmission from the new Covid-19 cases. Investigations are continuing into how they caught the virus.