Auckland's MPs will be able to return to Parliament after two months away - but the Speaker wants them to get pre-departure Covid-19 tests, do five days of self-isolation in Wellington, and get a further test before they can enter the buildings.
Speaker Trevor Mallard issued the requirements in an email to MPs and Parliamentary staff on Wednesday.
In the same email he signalled a vaccinations certificate could be required for the public and government department staff to visit Parliament from early next year, saying he had asked for work to be done on how such a system would operate.
MPs are essential workers, and the Speaker's rules for their return are much more stringent than for other essential workers who leave Auckland for work. The only requirement for those is a weekly negative test result.
Only a handful of MPs are yet to get a vaccination and all have said they intended to get one. Judith Collins said her MP Maureen Pugh had told her she was booking a vaccination.