"The risk Covid-19 poses at the border is much lower than it was previously. Alongside high rates of vaccination amongst border workers, the number of passengers arriving by air with Covid-19 is less than 3 per cent."
Verrall said the tool of vaccine mandates is no longer necessary at what she described as a lack of risk and the way the Government manages the pandemic in New Zealand.
The vaccination order, however, remains in place for health and disability workers as they continue to have close interactions with people who are at high risk of serious illness from Covid-19.
The settings for health and disability workers are reviewed regularly, Verrall said.