Current travel advisories for New Zealand

Last Update: Monday, 15. July 2019 at 07:22

Travelling New Zealand is (relatively) safe.

Travel warnings for this region [to world map].

Current situation : 1 / 5

New Zealand is a country in Oceania (Australia and New Zealand) with around 5 million citizens and a land mass of 268,680 km². We detected travel advisories from 3 sources for this country.

Bordering countries: 0 / 5

This country does not share any land based borders with another country.

Single advisories / travel warnings

Canadian government

https://travel.gc.ca/destinations/new-zealand

National warning: This advisory covers the whole country.

Brief summary:

Danger level: 0

Exercise normal security precautions.

US American government

http://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/new-zealand-travel-advisory.html

National warning: This advisory covers the whole country.

Brief summary:
Exercise normal precautions in New Zealand. Read the Safety and Security section on the country information page.

Danger level: 1

Maltese government

https://foreignaffairs.gov.mt/en/Pages/Travel-Advice.aspx

National warning: This advisory covers the whole country.

Brief summary:
The Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade Promotion advises Maltese nationals travelling to New Zealand that there has been a series of shootings in multiple locations in Christchurch. Maltese nationals in the area are advised to remain vigilant and follow the advice of local authorities. Due to an ongoing serious fire in the Nelson-Tasman region on 6 February 2019, a local civil defence emergency has been declared by the National Crisis Management Centre. If you’re in the affected area, you should follow the advice of the Nelson Tasman Civil Defence.

Danger level: 1

Take normal precautions.

Irish government

https://www.dfa.ie/travel/travel-advice/a-z-list-of-countries/new-zealand/

National warning: This advisory covers the whole country.

Brief summary:
Normal precautions

Danger level: 1

Normal precautions.

If there is more than one advisory/message of a single government for a given country, it indicates regional differences in means of security for your personal health and well-being. Single messages can indicate specific regions to be safer or less safe as mentioned in the main advisory. In these cases it's advisable to consult your own governments information.

Warnindex Description

Extreme Warning (index value: 4.5 - 5)

You should avoid any trips. A high warning index is a sound indicator of potential harm to your health and well-being.

High Risk (index value: 3.5 - 4.5)

Travel should be reduced to a necessary minimum and be conducted with good preparation and high attention.

Medium Risk (index value: 2.5 - 3.5)

Warnings often relate to specific regions within a country. However, high attention is still advised when moving around.

Low Risk (index value: 0 - 2.5)

Usually this is an indicator that travelling in this country is relatively safe. Higher attention is advised with values > 1.

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Country information

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Basic facts

Citizens: around 5 million
Covering landmass: 268,680 km²
Electricity: 230V - 50Hz
Currency: Dollar (NZD)
ISO 2-Letter Code: NZ
Phone prefix: +64
Top Level Domain: .nz
Mobile frequencies (MHz): 900

Airports in New Zealand (extern)

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Note of the displayed travel advisories

These trabel advisories are automatically gathered. We use the RSS Feeds of the corresponding authorities of the single countries. In some cases, we analyse the website itself. Since the information originates from different countries and different countries have different understanding of danger and danger levels. Thus, the information displayed is an automized and normalized representation with no right to completeness and correctness. If a country is not shown, it doesn't necessarily mean it's safe. The information shown if a first indicator.