New Zealand Traveller Declaration Whakapuakanga Tangata Haere ki Aotearoa

The New Zealand Traveller Declaration (NZTD) collects travel, customs, immigration and biosecurity information.

It is free and everyone travelling into New Zealand needs to complete a declaration.

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Start your declaration

Everyone travelling into New Zealand needs to complete a declaration.
It is free and you can do it on the online form or the NZTD app.
A declaration needs to be completed for each traveller, including babies and children.
You can start your digital declaration at a time that suits you. The earliest time you can submit your declaration depends on whether you are travelling by air or sea.
Your declaration is linked to your passport and is checked when you arrive at the eGate or by a border officer.
There is a paper declaration form available for travellers who cannot complete it online.
If you are a New Zealand visa or NZeTA holder, you still need to complete an NZTD as well.

Travelling by air

The earliest you can submit your declaration is 24 hours before you start your trip to New Zealand. It needs to be submitted by the time you reach passport control in New Zealand.

Long-haul journeys and stopovers

Travelling by sea

The earliest you can submit your declaration is 24 hours before departing the vessel’s last foreign port prior to arriving in New Zealand. It needs to be submitted by the time the vessel has berthed at its first port in New Zealand.

Travelling by different vessel types