Travel to New Zealand

From January 2022, fully vaccinated New Zealanders can begin travelling to New Zealand without entering MIQ. Here is our 3-step plan:

1. Opening to fully vaccinated New Zealand citizens and other travellers eligible under our current settings from Australia — from 11:59 pm on 16 January 2022 (provided they have been in Australia or New Zealand for the past 14 days).

2. Opening to fully vaccinated New Zealand citizens and other travellers eligible under our current settings from all but very high risk countries — from 11:59pm on Sunday 13 February 2022.

3. Opening to fully vaccinated foreign nationals — from 30 April 2022 onwards.

The border will open in three steps and all travellers not required to go into MIQ will still require:

• a negative pre-departure test

• proof of being fully vaccinated

• a passenger declaration about travel history

• a day 0/1 test on arrival

• a requirement to self-isolate for seven days, and

• a final negative test before entering the community

Step 1 – opening to fully vaccinated New Zealand citizens and those residence-class visa holders and other travellers eligible under our current settings from Australia from 11.59 pm on 16 January 2022 (provided they have been in Australia or New Zealand for the past 14 days)

Step 2 – opening to fully vaccinated New Zealand citizens and those residence-class visa holders and other travellers eligible under our current border settings, from all but Very High-Risk countries, from 11.59pm Sunday 13 February.

Step 3 – opening to fully vaccinated foreign nationals (possibly staged by visa category), from 30 April onwards.

Note: The very high risk country designation for Brazil, Fiji, India, Indonesia and Pakistan will be removed in early December 2021.

For New Zealand border entry requirements please click here for more info at the New Zealand Immigration site.