Entry rules · Australia passport
Do Australia passport holders need a visa for New Zealand?
No visa needed. Australia passport holders have freedom of movement in New Zealand: they can live, work and travel there without a visa.
Checked against official sources on 10 Oct 2026. Two independent checks agreed.
The rule
- Entry
- Freedom of movement. Live, work and travel without a visa.
- Status
- Verified 10 Oct 2026
- Applies to
- A short tourist visit with an ordinary Australia passport.
What the official sources say
The passages the two checks relied on, with where they come from. Quotes are shown as published, in the source’s language.
Entry: freedom of movement
If you are an Australian citizen, you can usually live, work and study in New Zealand without applying for a visa or New Zealand Electronic Travel Authority (NZeTA) before you come here.
You will normally be given a resident visa ('Australian Resident Visa') when you arrive, but you must:
have a valid Australian passport, or a foreign passport endorsed with an Australian declaratory visa as evidence of your Australian citizenship, and
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If you are an Australian citizen or permanent resident you can visit, work and live in New Zealand. You can only apply for this visa when you arrive in New Zealand.
Visa granted at New Zealand border Cost NZD $0
An Australian Resident Visa lets you stay in New Zealand indefinitely.
Australian citizens and permanent residents travelling on an Australian passport do not need a visa or an NZeTA to enter New Zealand.
are travelling on an Australian passport, New Zealand passport or a foreign passport that has a New Zealand citizen endorsement
You do not need a Visitor Visa or an NZeTA if you are an Australian citizen travelling on an Australian passport.
If you are an Australian citizen or permanent resident you can visit, work and live in New Zealand. You can only apply for this visa when you arrive in New Zealand. If you are an Australian permanent resident, you will need an NZeTA.
When you arrive, we will check your arrival card. If we can confirm you are an Australian citizen or permanent resident, and meet our requirements for good character, we will give you a New Zealand resident visa.
There are no fees to pay when you are given a resident visa as an Australian citizen or permanent resident, on arriving in New Zealand.
You can work in any occupation for any employer in New Zealand.
Australian citizens do not need to hold an NZeTA or pay the IVL.
If you are travelling on an Australian passport, you do not need a visa or NZeTA before you travel. We will normally give you an Australian Resident Visa when you arrive — you must meet the character requirements of this visa.
New Zealand for other passports
- eTAUp to 3 months per entry
- Andorra, Argentina, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates, United States, Uruguay, Vatican City
- eTAUp to 6 months per entry
- United Kingdom
- eVisa
- Albania, Algeria, Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Colombia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Cuba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, North Macedonia, Pakistan, Palau, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Republic of the Congo, Russia, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Türkiye, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
- Visa requiredPublic data
- Afghanistan
- No admission
- Somalia
How this rule was checked
On 10 Oct 2026 we checked this rule against the official sources that govern entry to New Zealand, chiefly Immigration New Zealand (Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment). Two independent checks reached the same result.
Before the check, public visa data (as of 17 Feb 2026) said: visa-free. The official source shows: freedom of movement, and that is what this page shows.
See this check in the log of checks and changes, and how verification works in the methodology.
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Government travel advice for New Zealand
- United States
- Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions
- United Kingdom
- No advice against travel
- Canada
- Exercise normal security precautions
What these governments tell their own citizens about travel to New Zealand as a whole, as of 30 Sept 2026. It is not about visas, and it reflects each government’s relations and consular reach as well as conditions on the ground.
Plan your trip
- Check a trip with more stopsRoute check: the best passport at each stop
- Compare the Australia passport with anotherWhat a second passport changes, destination by destination
- See what a second passport addsCombine passports and count the destinations they open together
- New Zealand visa requirements for every passportThe full table for this destination
- All destinations for Australia passport holdersRank, map and every rule for the Australia passport
Before you travel
This page answers whether you need a visa and how long you can stay on a short tourist visit. It does not cover passport validity, other documents or permission to work. Entry rules change, sometimes without notice, and border officials make the final decision: confirm the requirements for your trip with the official immigration website or embassy of New Zealand.