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New Zealand travel essentials: advice, plugs, emergency numbers

Before you visit New Zealand: travel advice level, plug type I, 230V, emergency 111, currency NZD.

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Travel advice (UK FCDO)

No advice against travel Updated 2026-03-19

Latest change (original, English)
Updated information about global travel impacts due to escalation in the Middle East (‘Warnings and insurance’ page).

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⚠️ This is the UK government’s assessment. Rules for your passport (visa, entry) can be different — check your own government’s official travel advice too.

CapitalWellington
CurrencyNZD
LanguagesEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
Calling code+64
Emergency numbers111
Plug typesType I
Voltage230 V
Driving sideLeft
Population5.3M
Type I

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📷 Photos

Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand · CC0 · Commons
ChewyPineapple · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
Lanma726 (talk) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Commons
Masakatsu Ukon · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Commons
Dunedin City Council Archives · Public domain · Commons
Flickr user "Ronnie Macdonald" · CC BY 2.0 · Commons
Unidentified New Zealand official photographer; Restoration by Adam Cuerden · Public domain · Commons
Oswald Birley · Public domain · Commons

About this data

Safety levels and entry notes are based on the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) travel advice published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence, checked every day. Capitals, languages, currencies, time zones and photos come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons.

Advice is written for British travellers; your own government’s advice, visa rules and insurance terms may differ. Always check your foreign ministry and the destination’s embassy before you travel.

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