If you are travelling through a New Zealand airport on your way to another country, you may need to apply for a transit visa.

You need a transit visa if:

• you are not a citizen of a country that is listed as a visa waiver country and
• you are travelling between New Zealand and,
  
  
  

  Cook Islands	Samoa
  New Caledonia	Kiribati
  Tokelau	Tuvalu
  Fiji	Marshall Islands
  Niue	Solomon Islands
  Tonga	Vanuatu
  Nauru	Tahiti

unless:

• your immediate or final destination after New Zealand is Australia, and you hold a current visa allowing you to travel to Australia; or
• you are a citizen of Australia; or
• you are the holder of a current visa allowing you to travel to New Zealand.

You will only be granted a transit visa if you are going to be in New Zealand for no more than 24 hours, and will not leave the transit area of the airport. If you wish to leave the transit area or stay in the country longer than 24 hours then you must apply for a visitor's visa before coming to New Zealand.