I have an NZ eta and an Australia visitor visa. All fine.

HOWEVER - I was planning to fly from New Zealand to Australia (actually twice, in just over a month) - NOT as a transit passenger. I would enter NZ both times before flying on to Australia.

I’m on a UK passport (so visa waiver country).

It’s probably my misreading/misinterpretation of the statement, but I’ve just found this on the NZ immigration website regarding ETA’s (see second point highlighted):

Criteria you must meet

• You must be travelling on a passport from a visa waiver country, a cruise ship passenger or a permanent resident of Australia.
• You must be passing through Auckland International Airport as a transit passenger on your way to or from Australia.
• You must be travelling on a passport from a visa waiver country or a transit visa waiver country if you are passing through Auckland International Airport as a transit passenger on your way to another country.

Can someone please clarify, that this means ONLY if you’re travelling as a transit passenger do you need to pass through AKL to Australia?

My two planned trips are:

AKL-SYD and ZQN-SYD

It’s the second one I’m concerned about here, departing from Queenstown to Sydney!

Surely this couldn’t mean that as a Brit without a visa you’re not entitled to fly from Wellington /Christchurch/Queenstown as a stand-alone flight from NZ????


TIA wise forum’ers