It was hugs and tears all round today as family and friends reunited on the first day of the trans-Tasman bubble. RNZ's photographers were there to capture some of the emotional reunions.

The trial of three men charged with orchestrating an international cocaine importation began in the High Court at Auckland today, nearly five years in the making.

Two managed isolation hotels will remain closed to new arrivals until their ventilation systems are reviewed.

Fishing guides who have been left with little to no business due to the border closure say the trans-Tasman bubble has come too late to make a difference to this season.

Passengers "running on adrenaline" and feeling "ecstatic" are among the first to board Australia-bound flights from Wellington and Auckland today.

Both new cases arrived from India before travel from that country was suspended.

Six60's concert at Auckland's Eden Park this weekend will be broadcast to 11 Pacific Islands.

After more than a year of crippling financial uncertainty for many Queenstown businesses, there is light at the end of the border closed tunnel.

An increase in web traffic from Australians is among positive signs regional tourist operators are seeing as the trans-Tasman bubble is launched.

Some Auckland principals are expecting confusion and hostility when they introduce enrolment zones for the first time next month.

Emotions were high as Australians and New Zealanders made use of the first day of the trans-Tasman bubble. Look back on RNZ's live coverage here.

Crews are battling a fire that destroyed a hayshed and spread to four haystacks on a rural mid-Canterbury property.

We've all been entranced by the peculiarly addictive pleasure of popping bubble wrap, right? Pop-Its are bringing it to the next level.

After a year of waiting, quarantine-free 'green' flights between Australia and New Zealand will run from today - only the second such travel bubble operating in a world still under siege from Covid-19.

The country's international airports - including three mothballed terminals - will today be the scene of family reunions as the trans-Tasman bubble finally becomes a reality.

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