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New Zealand bans all cruise ships until June 30


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As of Monday 16th March New Zealand has banned all cruise ships form entering its ports until June 30th 

The reality is we are towards the end of our cruise season now with only about a month of visits left (There are some cruise ships throug the winter period but the big cruise lines like Royal tend to sale September to May.

This will mean a lot of cruise ships based out of Australia will need to change itineraries (Most Pacific Islands have already banned cruise ships).

New Zealand has also closed its boarders to all countries bar the Pacific Islands with all those arriving having to self isolate for 14 days. (This in place for 16 days with a review in 10 days). We are also restricting those traveling from New Zealand to the Pacific Islands to protect those communities.

New Zealand currently has 6 cases all of which have come form overseas (No community transmission at this time)

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Ovation just turned back to Sydney, it was due in Bay of islands tommorow then Auckland, New Zealand. Also Radiance was meant to depart Sydney, Australia on a New Zealand Cruise today and is now anchoring in Sydney Harbour overnight, it will not be able to operate this cruise. 

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On 3/14/2020 at 10:23 PM, Shanenz84 said:

Ovation just turned back to Sydney, it was due in Bay of islands tommorow then Auckland, New Zealand. Also Radiance was meant to depart Sydney, Australia on a New Zealand Cruise today and is now anchoring in Sydney Harbour overnight, it will not be able to operate this cruise. 

Australia copied the policy so those ships are going nowhere anyway.  Not sure if they can park up or have to leave the waters empty but not sure where they would go to as any of the Pacific islands won't have a bar of them and have said so.   Sadly cruises in this part of the world are done for the foreseeable future. 

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