{"id":24886,"date":"2021-11-25T12:13:47","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T15:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=24886"},"modified":"2026-04-23T13:30:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T16:30:02","slug":"new-zealand-to-reopen-borders-from-april-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/new-zealand-to-reopen-borders-from-april-2022","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand to reopen borders from April 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Authorities in New Zealand have announced that the country will reopen its borders for fully vaccinated foreign visitors from April 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>New Zealand.-<strong> <\/strong>International travellers who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 will be able to enter New Zealand from <strong>April 30<\/strong>. However, they will still need to complete a 7-day self-quarantine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Chris Hipkins<\/strong>, minister for Covid-19 response, said: &#8220;Closing our border was one of the first steps we took to keep our country safe from Covid-19 and it\u2019ll be the last thing we open up, following our transition into the traffic light protection framework system and lifting of the Auckland boundary.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From January 16<strong>,<\/strong> fully vaccinated New Zealanders can<strong> return from Australia without administrative quarantine<\/strong>. Citizens will be allowed to return home from all other countries from February 13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hipkins added: &#8220;A phased approach to reconnecting with the world is the safest approach to ensure risk is carefully managed. This reduces any potential impacts on vulnerable communities and the New Zealand health system.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">SkyCity expects to reopen Auckland venue on December 3<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/skycity-expects-to-reopen-auckland-venue-on-december-3\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SkyCity Entertainment<\/a>&nbsp;expects to reopen its venue in Auckland for fully vaccinated customers from December 3. A week ago, the company announced the reopening of its&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/skycity-hamilton-to-reopen-from-november-17\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">casino and entertainment facilities in Hamilton<\/a>&nbsp;with additional health and safety measures in place to reflect the Ministry of Health\u2019s latest recommendations and guidelines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SkyCity Queenstown is open since Queenstown is at level 2. The company also has venues outside of New Zealand. Its properties in Adelaide and the SkyCity Online Casino are open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In October,&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/skycity-will-only-allow-vaccinated-people-to-enter-its-casinos\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the casino operator<\/a>&nbsp;decided to allow only vaccinated customers to enter its casinos. It will require Covid-19 vaccination certificates for entry to all SkyCity venues in New Zealand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities in New Zealand have announced that the country will reopen its borders for fully vaccinated foreign visitors from April 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":16099,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"New Zealand will reopen its borders to fully vaccinated foreign visitors from April 30, 2022, with a 7-day self-quarantine, following a phased return for citizens. Concurrently, SkyCity Entertainment anticipates reopening its Auckland venue for vaccinated patrons from December 3, having already implemented vaccination certificate requirements across its New Zealand properties.","focusai_entities":"Chris Hipkins, SkyCity Entertainment","focusai_location":"New Zealand, Auckland, Hamilton, Queenstown, Australia, Adelaide","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.8), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"SkyCity GGR Impact?","query":"What is the projected impact of the phased border reopening and SkyCity's vaccination mandate on its Q1\/Q2 2022 GGR and NGR, particularly for its Auckland and Queenstown properties?"},{"label":"Regulatory Compliance Challenges?","query":"What specific regulatory compliance challenges might SkyCity face in enforcing its vaccination certificate policy, and how might this influence future B2C licensing conditions in New Zealand?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,157],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-business-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24886"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24896,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24886\/revisions\/24896"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}