New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announces a five-step plan to ease its pandemic border restrictions, starting with waiving hotel quarantine requirements for Kiwis stranded overseas by the pandemic. "This is a very important milestone for New Zealand but let me emphasize, it's a milestone we are ready for," says Ardern. New Zealand's borders have been closed for nearly two years in an effort to combat the pandemic. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES