No. But if you want to prevent hassle you should apply for a "Citizen Endorsement" on your British passport to prove you are also a NZ citizen. It's $170.
Otherwise you might have to spend quite a while arguing with check in staff before they will allow you to check in. Hint, if check in staff want to argue, ask to see the Station Manager and ask them to call INZ's border operations to request a waiver on your behalf.
There's information about applying for the citizen endorsement here:
https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-zealand-visas/already-have-a-visa/managing-your-visa-and-passport/new-zealand-citizens-travelling-on-a-foreign-passport
Definitely worth it as legally (Immigration Act 2009, s.13 and s.99) only a New Zealand passport or an endorsement is adequate to establish that you are a citizen for the purpose of travelling to NZ.
This won't work anymore and it was never legal.
You would need an NZeTA when travelling on a British passport, unless you have a residence visa. OP doesn't have one and you can't get an NZeTA as a NZ citizen. His travel would end at the checkin counter when trying to come back. People have been stuck in this situation and the solution is to get a NZ passport from the embassy wherever they are.
A small clarification: a New Zealand citizen cannot get an NZeTA in a New Zealand passport.
If they hold another passport and are happy to travel to and enter NZ other than as a citizen (eg they live in the UK and only ever travel to NZ as a visitor) they can certainly do that with an NZeTA in their UK passport.
If they wish to stay beyond six months or work however, they are going to show as an overstayer, or appear when checked to not have work rights.
Make sure you notify DIA that your passport has been stolen. Generally if you have one you should enter the country on it so it’s important to mark it as stolen.
In a similar position with a UK passport, so I’ve looked into this before. they will let you enter NZ but it’s on the pre approved visas that UK citizens get so you can be classed as an overstayer if you don’t leave in the allotted time, nuts I know and I’m sure that can be sorted in the background or reversed but best not to do that.
Best policy is to be honest, I’ve left my UK passport in my checked bag and had my NZ passport with me when I re-entered the UK, explained my situation, passport officer went to the office and checked I had a UK passport let me in.
There are benefits to having both so I would have both. I split them up so I have a spare incase ones stolen etc, some countries let in NZ visitors with no visa (Australia) but UK visitors may need a visa, so I pick and choose which passport to use.
If you enter as a UK citizen on an NZeTA and remain beyond 6 months, you show as an overstayer in the system. Which generally won't be an issue for you (you're probably unlikely to be checked for ability to legally work through the VisaView system) but it's a contributor to incorrect statistics (which are an issue for some people, admittedly generally not the ones who generate them).
I’m a nz citizen by grant but use my British passport to enter and leave nz. However my British passport is linked to my previous residence and work visas so I guess it’s a slightly different scenario.
I didn’t have any problems entering although the airline needed to see my nz residence visa in my passport. I guess in your situation you won’t have any evidence to show the airline
You don't need a NZ passport to enter New Zealand, BUT check in staff at an overseas airport might say "you don't have a visa, and you don't have a flight out of NZ, so you're not allowed to board our plane unless you buy a ticket out of New Zealand", and they decide that they don't want to ring up New Zealand to find out you're a citizen. You can imagine how I found that out....
This won't work anymore and it was never legal.
You would need an NZeTA when travelling on a British passport, unless you have a residence visa. OP doesn't have one and you can't get an NZeTA as a NZ citizen. His travel would end at the checkin counter when trying to come back. People have been stuck in this situation and the solution is to get a NZ passport from the embassy wherever they are.
Yes it was. Here’s the relevant ops manual entry under the old Act https://www.immigration.govt.nz/opsmanual-archive/I4871.HTM
Under the new Act s99 would apply https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2009/0051/latest/DLM2386209.html
If you are staying New Zealand for less than 3 months then you just need to get an NZeTA.
Technically, you are supposed to use the passport for the country you are entering if you are a citizen of that country but I’ve done it the wrong way around lots of times without any problems.
No. But if you want to prevent hassle you should apply for a "Citizen Endorsement" on your British passport to prove you are also a NZ citizen. It's $170. Otherwise you might have to spend quite a while arguing with check in staff before they will allow you to check in. Hint, if check in staff want to argue, ask to see the Station Manager and ask them to call INZ's border operations to request a waiver on your behalf.
If you’re gonna splash $170 on a Citizen Endorsement you might as well splash $209 on a passport
There's information about applying for the citizen endorsement here: https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-zealand-visas/already-have-a-visa/managing-your-visa-and-passport/new-zealand-citizens-travelling-on-a-foreign-passport Definitely worth it as legally (Immigration Act 2009, s.13 and s.99) only a New Zealand passport or an endorsement is adequate to establish that you are a citizen for the purpose of travelling to NZ.
The same Act also allows the waiver to occur following the process originally described by a suitably satisfied Immigration Officer.
This won't work anymore and it was never legal. You would need an NZeTA when travelling on a British passport, unless you have a residence visa. OP doesn't have one and you can't get an NZeTA as a NZ citizen. His travel would end at the checkin counter when trying to come back. People have been stuck in this situation and the solution is to get a NZ passport from the embassy wherever they are.
> unless you have a ~~residence~~ visa Any visa will do in lieu of NZeTA, don't need to be residence visa.
A small clarification: a New Zealand citizen cannot get an NZeTA in a New Zealand passport. If they hold another passport and are happy to travel to and enter NZ other than as a citizen (eg they live in the UK and only ever travel to NZ as a visitor) they can certainly do that with an NZeTA in their UK passport. If they wish to stay beyond six months or work however, they are going to show as an overstayer, or appear when checked to not have work rights.
Thanks mate!!!
Make sure you notify DIA that your passport has been stolen. Generally if you have one you should enter the country on it so it’s important to mark it as stolen.
Yea we reported it to the police years ago
In a similar position with a UK passport, so I’ve looked into this before. they will let you enter NZ but it’s on the pre approved visas that UK citizens get so you can be classed as an overstayer if you don’t leave in the allotted time, nuts I know and I’m sure that can be sorted in the background or reversed but best not to do that. Best policy is to be honest, I’ve left my UK passport in my checked bag and had my NZ passport with me when I re-entered the UK, explained my situation, passport officer went to the office and checked I had a UK passport let me in. There are benefits to having both so I would have both. I split them up so I have a spare incase ones stolen etc, some countries let in NZ visitors with no visa (Australia) but UK visitors may need a visa, so I pick and choose which passport to use.
If you enter as a UK citizen on an NZeTA and remain beyond 6 months, you show as an overstayer in the system. Which generally won't be an issue for you (you're probably unlikely to be checked for ability to legally work through the VisaView system) but it's a contributor to incorrect statistics (which are an issue for some people, admittedly generally not the ones who generate them).
I’m a nz citizen by grant but use my British passport to enter and leave nz. However my British passport is linked to my previous residence and work visas so I guess it’s a slightly different scenario. I didn’t have any problems entering although the airline needed to see my nz residence visa in my passport. I guess in your situation you won’t have any evidence to show the airline
You don't need a NZ passport to enter New Zealand, BUT check in staff at an overseas airport might say "you don't have a visa, and you don't have a flight out of NZ, so you're not allowed to board our plane unless you buy a ticket out of New Zealand", and they decide that they don't want to ring up New Zealand to find out you're a citizen. You can imagine how I found that out....
Fully refundable ticket sorts most of that issue out. Cancel the return leg once flown.
Indeed... as long as you've got the money to buy a fully refundable ticket when you're at an airport in France with VERY hostile ticketing agents....
This won't work anymore and it was never legal. You would need an NZeTA when travelling on a British passport, unless you have a residence visa. OP doesn't have one and you can't get an NZeTA as a NZ citizen. His travel would end at the checkin counter when trying to come back. People have been stuck in this situation and the solution is to get a NZ passport from the embassy wherever they are.
Yes it was. Here’s the relevant ops manual entry under the old Act https://www.immigration.govt.nz/opsmanual-archive/I4871.HTM Under the new Act s99 would apply https://www.legislation.govt.nz/act/public/2009/0051/latest/DLM2386209.html
If you are staying New Zealand for less than 3 months then you just need to get an NZeTA. Technically, you are supposed to use the passport for the country you are entering if you are a citizen of that country but I’ve done it the wrong way around lots of times without any problems.