After 26 months, you can now finally travel to New Zealand (if you're vaxxed & negative)

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People from more than 60 countries are now able to enter the country if they're vaccinated and Covid-negative.

Citizens have been able to travel in and out since March, while Australians have been let in since April.

One US man said he had travelled from Cincinnati to be with his partner. He had been waiting since February 2020 - when he applied for the visa.

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British man Garth Halliday, who has been living in New Zealand for the past 30 years, said he and his wife were at the airport to welcome their son, daughter-in-law and 18-month-old grandson.

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There was also anger over the lengthy period that citizens overseas were effectively blocked from entering the country - thanks to limited quarantine slots in the system.

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