Timeline for Travelling to NZ - how are the Covid rules enforced in practice now?
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| Dec 1, 2022 at 15:27 | vote | accept | John U | ||
| Aug 20, 2022 at 11:14 | comment | added | wimi | @Moo what you write is an argument for "not travelling at all", so enjoy your place of residence! For people who want to travel, it is of course more attractive to go to a place which is not going to lock them up. | |
| Aug 12, 2022 at 8:14 | vote | accept | John U | ||
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| Aug 11, 2022 at 16:18 | comment | added | John U | You guys misunderstand our intentions. This is an expensive "once in a lifetime" trip, so it would suck if (for example) recording a positive test result meant we couldn't park the camper in various campsites, or get entry to park at a national park visitor centre to go for a walk - we're not trying to avoid the test, the reporting, or go and mingle with people if we test positive, we just don't want to end up under a quarantine so strict that we can't do anything even away from other folks. | |
| Aug 11, 2022 at 0:47 | comment | added | user29788 | @JonathanReez I think there should be more of an element of understanding that there is personal risk around covid in general rather than "where to go where the laws are lax" as a suggestion - sure, the laws are laxer in Australia than in NZ, but covid is covid and you have a personal responsibility to not spread it around. Just because some places have essentially given up does not mean that the chance or cost of succumbing to covid is less in those places. | |
| Aug 10, 2022 at 19:42 | answer | added | user29788 | timeline score: 4 | |
| Aug 10, 2022 at 17:44 | comment | added | Zach Lipton | I'm a little confused about your question. You say you're not looking to flout any rules, but also seem to be saying that you're wondering whether you can get away with knowingly visiting outdoor attractions while you have a positive case of COVID?? The rules are pretty simple: "Do not leave the house for any reason, unless it is a permitted reason" (permitted reasons are listed there, and while light exercise away from all people is permitted, visiting attractions is not). Plus, you feel, well, sick. | |
| Aug 10, 2022 at 17:32 | comment | added | JonathanReez♦ | IMO visiting a country with post arrival tests is extremely risky, no matter how poorly enforced, as you don’t want to be breaking the law. I’d consider going to Australia instead which is completely mask and test free now. | |
| Aug 10, 2022 at 15:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackTravel/status/1557381268026888195 | ||
| Aug 10, 2022 at 10:42 | history | asked | John U | CC BY-SA 4.0 |