A faster border reopening and snappier release from home isolation is still on the wish list for the government's Covid business adviser.
The Prime Minister's laid out the time line for "reconnecting New Zealand to the world" when fully vaccinated returnees and visitors can bypass government MIQ and self isolate instead.
Kiwis and other eligible travellers coming from Australia will be the first in under the new criteria, starting from 11.59pm on Sunday 27 February.
It's July for business travellers and Aussie tourists and not til October for other international visitors.
To start off with self-isolation will last 10 days - the same as for close contacts of Omicron cases, but that will drop to seven eventually.
The government business adviser on Covid, Rob Fyfe, says businesses are ready to go.
