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.

Start your declaration Get the NZTD app

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What you need to know

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.

When you can submit your declaration

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.

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.

Welcoming you to Aotearoa New Zealand

Kia ora, nau mai haere mai.
Welcome to Aotearoa New Zealand.
We want to help you understand what you need to do to travel here.
Our home is precious – a taonga. Please help to keep our tangata and our whenua – our people and our land – safe.
We ask everyone travelling to, or returning to New Zealand, to complete a New Zealand Traveller Declaration.
You can do this on our website travellerdeclaration.govt.nz or by downloading the NZTD app.
You’ll be asked some questions about your trip and what’s in your bags.
Some items can’t be brought into New Zealand. If in doubt, declare it for inspection. Please answer the questions honestly, otherwise you could be fined.
We look forward to welcoming you to Aotearoa New Zealand.
Ka kite anō