New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the country will not have open borders with the rest of the world for "a long time to come".
Ms Ardern was speaking after attending part of Australia's cabinet meeting via video link.
The meeting discussed a possible "trans-Tasman bubble", where people could go between Australia and New Zealand freely, and without quarantine.
But she said visitors from further afield were not possible any time soon.
Both Australia and New Zealand have closed their borders to almost all foreigners as part of their Covid-19 response.
On Tuesday, New Zealand reported no new cases for the second day in a row.
It has had fewer than 1,500 confirmed cases in total, and only 20 deaths. Last week it eased its lockdown from Level 4 to Level 3.
Australia - which has a population of around 25 million, five times that of New Zealand - has had almost 7,000 cases and 96 deaths.
But it, too, has "flattened the curve" of infections, and various states and territories have also eased their lockdowns.
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