The Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern will join Australia's national cabinet meeting at midday today to discuss whether a trans-Tasman bubble is a possibility.
For weeks New Zealanders have been repeatedly told to stick to their own bubble and stay indoors.
Now pressure is growing for a special exemption for travel between New Zealand and Australia.
Public health expert Michael Baker warns the two countries first need to get on the same page about what elimination of Covid-19 actually means.