New Zealand passport

  • New Zealand passport
  • Uruwhenua Aotearoa
The front cover of a contemporary New Zealand biometric passport
TypePassport
Issued byDepartment of Internal Affairs
First issued
  • 1915 (first version)
  • 1992 (machine-readable passport)
  • 4 November 2005 (biometric passport)
  • 3 May 2021 (current version)
PurposeIdentification & travel
Valid inAll countries
EligibilityNew Zealand citizenship
ExpirationAge at date of Application:

15-: 5 Years from Date of Issue

16+: 10 Years from Date of Issue
Cost
Adult (16+)[1]
  • Regular: $206.00
  • Urgent: $412.00
  • Callout: $837.00
Child (under 16)[1]
  • Regular: $120.00
  • Urgent: $326.00
  • Callout: $751.00
Prices in NZD and inclusive of GST

New Zealand passports (Māori: uruwhenua o Aotearoa) are issued to New Zealand citizens for the purpose of international travel by the Department of Internal Affairs. New Zealand has a passport possession rate of around 70% of the population and there are around 2.9 million New Zealand passports in circulation.[2]

  1. ^ a b "Passport costs | New Zealand Passports". passports.govt.nz.
  2. ^ "Online Passport Renewal Service (ORS)".