Jacinda Ardern heralds ‘very significant day’ as trans-Tasman travel bubble begins

First flight lands in Auckland just after 12.30pm with hundreds more expected to make the Australia-New Zealand trip each week by end April

Cities across New Zealand are putting out the welcome mat for Australian arrivals, as trans-Tasman bubble travel begins.

From the air, arrivals to Wellington could see the words Welcome Whnau", the Mori term for family, painted in enormous letters next to the runways.