About Whakamārama

The New Zealand Traveller Declaration (NZTD) system collects your travel, customs, immigration and biosecurity information. It aims to improve the safety and security of New Zealand.

The NZTD replaces the old Passenger Arrival Card. 

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

You can start your declaration at a time that suits you. The earliest you can submit your declaration depends on whether you are travelling by air or sea.

For air travellers, the earliest you can submit your declaration is 24 hours before you start your trip to New Zealand. If you are travelling long-haul (on multiple flights without a stopover), you can submit your declaration 24 hours before the first leg of your journey.

For sea travellers, the earliest you can submit your declaration is 24 hours before departing the vessel’s last foreign port prior to arriving in New Zealand.

Once you have started your declaration, you will receive an email with a reference number that you can use to review, complete or make changes to your declaration.

You will need to resubmit your declaration if you make any changes to it.

Once you have completed and submitted your declaration, you will receive another email that includes information on what you need to know to enter New Zealand, based on what you have told us.

You do not need to print anything out.

Your declaration will automatically be checked at passport control when you scan your passport at the eGate or when it is checked by a border officer on arrival into New Zealand.  

Our home is precious, a taonga. Please help to keep our tangata (our people) and our whenua (our land) safe.