New Zealand
British passportEdit check
Travel authorisation, 6 months
Before you travel: you need a travel authorisation (NZeTA).
The allowance is per visit: it starts again on your next entry.
Entry and stay only. What this covers
Entry conditions1 to check
- The purposes of the visit must not include medical consultation or treatment.
Your stay
Add your arrival date to work out the stay that fits this rule.
Add entry dateSource & evidence Read the original words
Official wording
British citizens, and other British passport holders who produce evidence of the right to reside permanently in the United Kingdom, but only if the person concerned is seeking a visitor visa current for not more than six months and the purposes of the visit do not include medical consultation or treatment; and
Aevamo’s reading
E2.5 is the operative immigration instruction (certified under the Immigration Act 2009) that imposes the regime's default rule: a non-citizen may travel to New Zealand only as the holder of a visa, or as a visa waiver traveller holding an ETA. The Act s 14 it implements sits on legislation.govt.nz which refused all fetch attempts.
E2.1 grants British citizens a six-month visitor visa waiver (with the ETA requirement that applies to all visa waiver travellers), so a British citizen needs an ETA in advance and may stay up to six months.
Source details
How the documents behind this regime are dated
E2.1 effective 03/11/2025; E2.5 effective 01/07/2019; E12.1/E12.15 effective 03/02/2025; INZ pages Crown copyright 2026
What this answer covers Limits & assumptions
Work and residence rights are separate from this check. This is the entry rule and the length of stay the instrument grants. It is not a decision about you: the officer at the border decides admission, and we do not evaluate the purpose of your trip, your passport's remaining validity, an onward ticket, funds, insurance or health requirements.
Informational planning, not legal or immigration advice. The source is linked so you can check our reading.