Hon CHRIS HIPKINS: The New Zealand border will reopen for vaccinated New Zealanders and other currently eligible travellers from Australia at 11.59 p.m. on 27 February. It will open for the same groups from the rest of the world two weeks later on 13 March. The Government's reconnecting plan will see all New Zealanders and key visa holders able to start to enter the country over the coming three months. That will help to assist with our economic recovery and, of course, help to address some immediate workforce shortages. Having managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) for every traveller coming into the country was a temporary setting when we had no other forms of protection against the virus. New Zealanders need to reconnect with the world and with one another, families and friends need to reunite, our businesses need skills to grow, and exporters need to travel to make new connections. So we've developed a very careful plan that replaces MIQ for the vast majority of travellers whilst also ensuring that we maintain ongoing measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19 in our community from recent arrivals.