NZTD

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About this app

Make your arrival in New Zealand a smoother experience by filling out your New Zealand Traveller Declaration (NZTD) before you get here. You can submit it up to 24 hours before starting your trip to New Zealand.

Your declaration will take about 10 minutes to complete and you’ll need to answer the questions in English. You can update it at any time, up until you get to the border in New Zealand.

Information you need to provide when filling out your NZTD includes:
- Your passport, contact and flight details;
- Your immigration status (if required);
- Details about your trip, including your recent travel history;
- Items you are bringing into New Zealand, including in your carry on bags and checked in luggage.

With the NZTD app you can:
- Scan your passport to add your passport details;
- Add and complete multiple declarations, for example, for your children;
- Use offline mode to enter information while you’re flying or out of WiFi or data range. You need to be online to start or submit a declaration.

Once you’ve submitted your NZTD there’s nothing more you need to do. You won’t have to print anything out or show a QR code. Your NZTD will automatically show up when your passport is scanned at the border.

Ratings and reviews

The app is USELESS! It lets you complete and then will not accept the submission! I tried more than 12x before giving up and doing it via the website. It had all the info I had entered and it accepted the submission the first click!

Great idea, half-cooked execution. Why call the app "NZTD"? What does that mean to any of your target users? Madness. Where is the guidance on what to do with children? Am I supposed to create a declaration "on behalf of others" and if so, how does one give a six year old the required email address...and if not, how is a visitor meant to know? Honestly, this is potentially very helpful but not thought through, as evidenced by publishing it with a name that's an abbreviation. Revisit.

A great app, especially if you complete it the night before you travel to NZ. So much easier than the old paper version :)

What's new

Travellers can submit a New Zealand Traveller Declaration (NZTD) by using this official New Zealand Government app if they are arriving aboard a flight or cruise into New Zealand.

The new version (1.8.1) improves the traveller experience.