Covid Entry Check: New Zealand Travel Restrictions
This New Zealand dashboard provides you with information on travel restrictions, quarantine on entry, Covid-19 cases, entry requirements and green lane updates.
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Entry is restricted to the following travellers:
• Citizens and PRs
• Spouse & Children of Citizens/PRs
• Other Residents (pass holders)
Others:
• Travellers who have a visa and have been granted an exemption before departure; details can be found at https://www.immigration.govt.nz/formshelp/request-for-travel-to-new-zealand
• Nationals or permanent residents of Australia residing in New Zealand
• Travellers with a Resident Visa applied for on or before 30 November 2021. They must be arriving in New Zealand for the first time as the holder of that visa;
• Travellers with a Resident Visa applied for on or after 1 December 2021 and issued under the 2021 Resident Visa Category;
💉 Vaccine exemptions
There are no vaccine exemptions at this time.
📝 Forms
You are required to complete a pre-arrival form.
Details:
Travellers arriving from Australia, Cook Isl. or Niue must complete a health declaration before check-in. The declaration can be obtained at https://naumaira.covid19.govt.nz/ or https://border.covid19.govt.nz
For more information you may go to:
https://www.miq.govt.nz/travel-to-new-zealand/secure-your-place-in-managed-isolation/
https://naumaira.covid19.govt.nz/
https://border.covid19.govt.nz
🌡️ Testing requirements
There are no pre-arrival test requirements at this time.
On Arrival there are no Covid-19 test requirements at this time.
Details:
Authorities announced that effective 21 June, the pre-departure COVID-19 testing requirement for inbound arrivals will be lifted, following an improvement in the pandemic situation.
For more information you may go to:
https://www.miq.govt.nz/travel-to-new-zealand/plan-your-travel-to-nz/pre-departure-testing/
😷 Quarantine requirements
General arrivals will be required to quarantine for up to 10 days. Quarantine served at a dedicated facility (costs borne by traveller)
Details:
Travellers must have a voucher confirming their allocation to a place in managed isolation. The voucher can be obtained at https://allocation.miq.govt.nz/portal/ Government officials announced on 18 March that unvaccinated New Zealand citizens are no longer subject to COVID-19 managed isolation and quarantine (MIQ) and self-quarantine upon arrival. Permanent residents are still subject to the measures unless they receive special permission from the authorities for an exemption.
For more information you may go to:
https://www.miq.govt.nz/
Details:
• Travellers who in the past 14 days have only been in these countries may enter
• They do not need to have a voucher confirming their allocation to a place in managed isolation.
Countries:
Cook Islands, Niue
• Transit to China is only allowed for Chinese nationals arriving from Cook Isl., Fiji, Niue, Samoa, Tonga or Vanuatu.
• Transit is only allowed at Auckland (AKL) for maximum 24 hours.
• Travellers transiting through New Zealand to Australia must have a confirmed onward ticket on a red zone flight within 14 days.
• Travellers must have a voucher confirming their allocation to a place in managed isolation except for travellers arriving from and have only been in Australia(excluding New South Wales), Cook Isl. and Niue.
• Travellers must have a COVID•19 vaccination certificate showing that they were fully vaccinated at least 14 days before departure. They must register the vaccination in the Managed Isolation Allocation System.
