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About our vaccination requirements

Most travellers must have had a full course of an approved COVID-19 vaccine to enter New Zealand.
Booster doses are not required.

Vaccination requirements for travel to New Vaccination requirements apply to:

Zealand
passengers arriving by air

crew and passengers on super yachts or recreational boats arriving by sea

crew and passengers on cruise ships.

Most travellers must meet COVID-19 vaccine requirements before travelling to New
Zealand. You need to provide proof of your vaccinations.

If you arrive by air, you will need to upload proof of your vaccinations to the New Zealand Traveller
Declaration. 

If you are arriving on a cruise ship, follow the instructions of your cruise operator.

If you do not meet the vaccination requirements, you will not be able to enter New Zealand.

New Zealand Traveller Declaration (https://www.travellerdeclaration.govt.nz/)

Who needs proof of vaccination

You must provide proof of vaccination to enter New Zealand if you are:

not a New Zealand citizen or resident

not an Australian citizen living in New Zealand

foreign air crew arriving in New Zealand

foreign maritime crew and passengers arriving in New Zealand on all recreational vessels — including cruise
ships, super yachts and small craft.

Vaccination exemptions
You may be able to get an exemption if you travel to New Zealand from a country with no, or limited
access to COVID-19 vaccines.

Apply to the Ministry of Health for an exemption, along with evidence of why you have not been
vaccinated. The Director-General of Health will decide if you can get an exemption.

Check if you qualify for an exemption, and apply on the Ministry of Health website.

Apply for an exemption | Ministry of Health (https://www.health.govt.nz/covid-19-novel-coronavirus/covid-19-

information-specific-audiences/covid-19-travellers/covid-19-exemptions-new-zealands-vaccination-requirements-incoming-
travellers#exemptions)

If you have recently recovered from COVID-19

If you have had 1 dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, but cannot have your next dose because you recently
had COVID-19, you must provide proof.

You need to get a letter from a health professional — for example, a doctor — confirming:

you have recently recovered from COVID-19, and

you must wait before receiving your next dose.

Upload this letter to the New Zealand Traveller Declaration, along with proof of your first dose.
 Vaccines approved for entry to New Zealand
Who does not need proof of vaccination
Other names (including
Manufacturer (Marketing Authorisation Holder) Vaccine name Dose(s) required
research name)
You do not need to have proof of vaccination if you:

are a New Zealand citizen ZF2001

Anhui Zhifei Longcom Zifivax ZF-UZ-VAC-2001 RBD- 2

have a New Zealand residence class visa — either a permanent resident or resident visa
Dimer
are an Australian citizen living in New Zealand
AZD1222

are a child aged 16 years and under AstraZeneca/Oxford Vaxzevria 2

hAdOx1 nCoV-19
cannot be vaccinated for medical reasons — you will need electronic or paper evidence from a health professional such
as a doctor AstraZeneca – Serum Institute of India Covishield AZD1222 2

are a refugee arriving in New Zealand for the first time

Bagheiat-allah University of Medical Sciences Noora 3
are a citizen of Afghanistan and you are being evacuated

have been granted a visa under the 2022 Special Ukraine Visa Policy; or if you are or were ordinarily resident in Ukraine Bharat Biotech Covaxin BBV152 2
at any point on or after 1 January 2022
Biological E Limited Corbevax BECOV2D 2
are arriving from Antarctica

are arriving in New Zealand on a trade, cargo or other specialist (Category 1) vessel. PakVac

CanSinoBIO Convidecia 1
Ad5-nCoV

Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (CIGB) Abdala CIGB-66 2

Approved vaccines to enter New Zealand Chumakov Centre KoviVac 2

To be eligible to enter New Zealand, you must have had a full course of an approved COVID-19
Federal Budgetary Research Institution State Research Center
vaccine. A full course of some of the approved vaccines is 1 dose only. EpiVacCorona VECTOR 2
of Virology and Biotechnology (FBRI)

You do not need a booster dose.

Federal Budgetary Research Institution State Research Center
EpiVacCorona-N Aurora-CoV 2
You can have doses of different vaccines if that combination is approved in the country you were of Virology and Biotechnology (FBRI)
vaccinated.
Gameleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Sputnik

Each vaccine must be on the list of approved vaccines. Gam-COVID-Vac 2 (nasal spray)
Microbiology rAd5

Gameleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and

Sputnik Light 1
Microbiology

Gameleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and

Sputnik V Gam-COVID-Vac 2
Microbiology

Health Institutes of Turkey Turkovac ERUCOV-VAC 2

FINLAY-FR-2

Instituto Finlay de Vacunas Cuba Soberana 02 2

Pasteurcovac

Only as a 3rd dose after 2

Instituto Finlay de Vacunas Cuba Soberana Plus FINLAY-FR-1A
doses of Soberna 02

Ad26.COV2.S1

Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) Janssen 1

JNJ-78436735

QazCovid-in

Kazakhstan Research Institute for Biological Safety Problems QazVac 2

RIBSPm

Medicago Inc COVIFENZ coVLP 2

Medigen Vaccine Biologics Corporation MVC COVID-19 vaccine MVC-COV1901 2

Other names (including
Manufacturer (Marketing Authorisation Holder) Vaccine name Dose(s) required
research name)
Moderna Spikevax mRNA-1273 2
Moderna – Takeda (Japan) TAK-919 (Moderna formulation) 2

How to provide proof of vaccination

Recombinant SARS-CoV-2
National Vaccine and Serum Institute (China) NVSI-06-08 3
Vaccine (CHO Cell)

Novavax  Nuvaxovid NVX-CoV2373 2 You need a digital vaccine certificate or an electronic or paper document from a government health
authority or approval authority confirming you have been vaccinated.
Novavax – Serum Institute of India  Covovax 2
Your evidence must confirm you have received a full primary course of COVID-19 vaccines and
include:
Novavax – Takeda (Japan) TAK-919 (Novavax formulation) 2
your name
Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research (Iran) FAKHRAVAC MIVAC 2
name of the vaccine or vaccines you received

BNT162b2
name of the agency that administered them
Pfizer/BioNTech Comirnaty 2
Tozinameran
name of the country where you were vaccinated

Razi Vaccine and Serum Research Institute (Iran) Razi Cov Pars 3 date of each dose or date when you completed your primary vaccination course.

Shenzhen Kangtai Biological Products, Minhai Biotechnology

KconecaVAC
How to upload your proof
KCONVAC Minhai COVID-19 vaccine
2
Co (Beijing)
BIOKANGTAI If you are travelling to New Zealand by air, upload proof of your vaccinations to the New Zealand
Traveller Declaration.
BIV1-CovIran

Shifa Pharmed Industrial Co (Iran) COVIran Barekat COVIran Barakat

2 How to upload documents to the New Zealand Traveller Declaration
COVIran Barkat (https://www.travellerdeclaration.govt.nz/resources/uploading-documents/)

If you need help completing the Traveller Declaration, you can contact them by phone, 24 hours a day,
Covilo

7 days a week. 
Sinopharm (Beijing) BBIBP-CorV Also LIBP, CCIBP, CDIBP, 2
CNBG, BIBP
Call:

Sinopharm (Wuhan) WIBP-CorV Inactivated (Vero Cells) 2 +64 4 9315799 — if you are calling from overseas

0800 359 269 — if you are calling from New Zealand

Sinovac CoronaVac PiCoVacc 2
1800 359 269 — if you are calling from Australia
Valneva SE/Dynavax Technologies VLA2001 VLA2101 2

If you were vaccinated in New Zealand

Vaxine/CinnaGen Co.

SpikoGen COVAX-19 2 Download your International Travel Vaccination Certificate from the My Covid Record website.
(Australia)

My Covid Record (https://mycovidrecord.health.nz/)

Zydus Cadila (Cadila Healthcare) ZyCoV-D 3

If your vaccination certificate is not in English

Overseas vaccination certificates do not have to be translated into English. If you have an English
version, or if you can easily get one, we encourage you to bring this with you.

Examples of accepted vaccination certificates | New Zealand Traveller Declaration

(https://www.travellerdeclaration.govt.nz/resources/examples-of-accepted-documents/)