New Zealand Ministry of Health announced on Monday night to allow quarantine free travel from Victoria to New Zealand from 11.59 pm on Tuesday.
Kiwi public health officials said the Covid-19 risk from Victoria was low and flights between Melbourne and New Zealand destinations could resume.
Travellers will no longer be required to have a pre-departure Covid-19 test.
New Zealand paused the travel bubble with Victoria on May 25 as Melbourne grappled with another local coronavirus outbreak.
“In the past week there have been no new cases in Victoria with the Delta variant of concern,” the Ministry of Health said in a statement.
“Victorian health officials have determined there is unlikely to be widespread community transmission.”
Australians who have been at any of the exposure sites in Victoria, NSW, Queensland, or the ACT in the last 14 days at the specified times are still not allowed to travel to New Zealand.
The announcement comes just in time for Victoria’s winter school holidays that are due to begin on Friday.
Tasmania also lifted its restrictions on travel from metropolitan Melbourne overnight.
“Anyone currently in quarantine in Tasmania who was in the metropolitan Melbourne area – but was not at specified high-risk premises – is able to leave quarantine at midnight,” Director of Public Health Dr. Mark Veitch.
“Travel restrictions will remain in place for anyone who has been at any high-risk premises in Victoria at the specified dates and times listed.
“Anyone who is planning on traveling to Tasmania who has been to any of these high-risk premises at the specified dates and times will not be permitted to enter the state.”
South Australian Police Commissioner Grant Stevens flagged on Tuesday morning that his state would also reopen to metropolitan Melbourne on Friday, but travelers would need to isolate until they received a negative test result on day one.
He said Melburnians would also be banned from attending high-risk locations, such as aged care homes and major events that require a Covid management plan.
Western Australia and Queensland still have travel restrictions in place with people coming from metropolitan Melbourne.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk is yet to commit to reopening the border but said it would be reviewed this week.
