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Covid-19: Skifields out in cold as AUS travel cancelled

18:08 pm on 28 June 2021

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The high hopes tourism towns had for Australian school holidays have collapsed, with the brakes put on the trans-Tasman bubble.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has also ruled out financial help for businesses like ski fields who brought in reinforcements for the busy season.

RNZ reporter Timothy Brown joins us live from Queenstown.