New Zealand Opens to Cook Islands From May 17

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern (R) and Cook Islands Prime Minister Mark Brown (L) hold a joint press conference at the Auckland War Memorial Museum in Auckland, New Zealand on March 26, 2021.Phil Walter/Getty Images

New Zealand (NZ) will open its borders further in a fortnight, green-lighting quarantine-free travel to and from the Cook Islands from May 17.

The NZ-aligned Pacific nation has been in negotiations for a travel bubble arrangement with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s government for months.