The insurance company has wasted no time updating its trans-Tasman travel policies following Jacinda Ardern’s big ‘bubble’ announcement.

If there was any speck of hope left of a two-way trans-Tasman ‘bubble’ happening by Christmas, New Zealand’s Prime Minister has practically eradicated it.

Well, it appears New Zealand has racked the trans-Tasman ‘bubble’ cue for 2020, with hopes of it becoming two-way seemingly dashed by Jacinda.

While hope still remains for the trans-Tasman bubble to become two-way before Christmas, both Tourism New Zealand and Air New Zealand are expecting it to take a little longer.

The airline is kicking off the first step in what we are hoping will be two-way travel between Australia and New Zealand sans quarantine by the end of the year.

In huge news, Australia and New Zealand have negotiated a deal to get the trans-Tasman travel ‘bubble’ off the ground in two weeks’ time.

The comments came as ScoMo said the government is working to get more Australians home by opening up travel between the two countries.

The federal government is prepared to proceed without Victoria to try to kickstart the trans-Tasman ‘bubble’ this year, according to Birmo.

Canberra Airport is taking expressions of interest for proposed flights between Canberra and Wellington, which could take off within a month.

The expert working group behind the proposal for a trans-Tasman ‘bubble’ reckons it could be operational by September.

The timeline for international travel’s restart has just become a whole lot clearer, thanks to a new chart detailing Australia’s plans.

The moves from each state come as Jacinda Ardern weighs in on the Australian state border row, which she said would need to be sorted out before the trans-Tasman bubble gets the green light.