<span style="color: #222222;">Tearful reunions filled Auckland airport today as Australia opened travel bubble with New Zealand for the first time in more than a year. The long-awaited Australia-New Zealand travel bubble means visitors no longer need to quarantine on arrival.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Thousands of passengers were booked to fly between the two nations . Both countries have contained COVID outbreaks and kept infection rates low, largely due to tight restrictions.</span><br />''  <br />