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Border to open to hundreds of overseas teachers - Hipkins

Move helps schools struggling to recruit for some locations or subjects, minister says.

Govt considering buying 'one or two' existing MIQ hotels

Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins let drop the plans this morning.

2000 MIQ rooms empty a day, but Kiwis struggle to book a place

Kiwis trying to get home say they are struggling with an ongoing lack of vouchers.

Photographer of the year: Tiny detail captures judge's eye

The image required the eyes of an eagle and the reactions of a cheetah.

Phuket Sandbox: Thailand's ambitious quarantine resort opens

Just under 250 tourists will be the first to experience the Sandbox's new freedoms.

Editorial: Bubble pause blunt response, reopening will mean change

EDITORIAL: New system to help us re-engage with world needed when NZers are vaccinated.

America farewells first cruise departure since pandemic pause

After several false starts, cruise passengers again are sailing from Florida.

'Very scary': Cooks travel bubble wobbles in wild weather, Covid scare

Minister apologises to passengers 'off-loaded in error', more disruption inevitable.

Level 2 extended in Wellington; Hipkins foreshadows pre-departure testing

A vaccinated health worker who tested weak positive for Covid has since tested negative.

Tourists say rules still Double Dutch as EU opens borders

Travellers, airlines and railways are all trying to make sense of where rules meet.

Spend a year in Airbnbs anywhere in the world, for free

The travel website wants to pay for your "year of living nomadically".

Air Chathams restarts direct link to idyllic Pacific Island

"We're an international airline again!"

South Auckland to the world: Vivian Arthur Aue's travel memories

The AUĒ artistic director's life in travel.

UK Navy auctions White Cliffs of Dover for £1

This "icon of Britain" is up for sale, at less than the cost of a postage stamp.

Hot in the city: 48 hours in Cairns

Cairns is the Hugh Jackman of Australian cities, it gets better with age...

Proposed New Caledonian bubble could be in place by Christmas

The French overseas territory hopes to extend bonhomie with Aus/NZ travel arangement.

Covid: Victoria to build $200m MIQ facility for high-risk arrivals

The facility will be built and operational "as soon as possible", state premier says.

Covid-19: One new case in MIQ, none in the community

The new border case arrived from the Philippines via Singapore on June 2.