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Recent events impacting New Zealand residents

Identified events that may affect your travel and insurance.

Travel insurance, Recent events

Travel Alert: Coronavirus March 2020

New cases of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) continue to be diagnosed worldwide and it is an evolving situation with more outbreaks of Coronavirus being reported in ...
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Taal Volcano in Philippines - eruption

Many government agencies and news outlets have reported that the Taal volcano has erupted and is spewing ash and lava more than 100 kilometres (60 miles) into t...
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Cyclone Sarai - Fiji December 2019

Various government agencies and news outlets have advised that Tropical Cyclone Sarai is expected to make landfall in Fiji today, possibly escalating to a Categ...
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Jetstar Industrial Action

The Australian Federation of Air Pilots and media outlets including The Sydney Morning Herald have reported that Jetstar staff are to conduct a series of strike...
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Winter Storms across North America

An intense winter storm is set to bring hurricane force winds, blizzard conditions and flood threats across a large area of North America, including the Rockies...
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Super Typhoon Hagibis 8 October 2019

Important information(Advice as at 11:00am NZDT on Tuesday 8 October 2019) Rapidly intensifying from a tropical storm to a Category 5-equivalent super typh...
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Thomas Cook

(Advice as at 1:30pm NZST on Monday 23 September 2019) Over the past few weeks, the financial viability of British travel operator Thomas Cook had become v...
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Ryanair Strike - September 2019

Media outlets such as The Guardian and BBC have reported that Ryanair pilots are to conduct a series of strikes on 18, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27 and 29 September 2019....
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British Airways strike September 2019

British Airways (BA) have notified travelers there will be significant delays and cancellations impacting flights on September 9, 10 and 27, 2019 due to industr...
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Democratic Republic of Congo unrest

World Nomads is unable to provide travel insurance cover for travel to areas within the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that have a “Do not travel&rdqu...
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Sri Lanka terrorist attacks

As has been widely reported in the world’s media, there were multiple terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka last Easter Sunday, 21 April 2019. A number of people...