New Zealanders' overseas travel drops with pause of quarantine-free travel

WELLINGTON, Oct. 12 (Xinhua) -- The number of people crossing New Zealand's border dropped in August due to the pause of quarantine-free travel with Australia and the Cook Islands, the statistics department Stats NZ said on Tuesday.

There were 41,300 border crossings in August, made up of 18,800 arrivals and 22,500 departures. The total number of border crossings was well down compared with the previous three mo