Pursuant to section 86(4)(a) of the Immigration Act 2009, by special direction, the following persons are classified as persons to whom a transit visa waiver applies. Any person who is to travel to and be in New Zealand as a transit passenger only:

1. who is a citizen of, or a foreign national ordinarily resident in, one of the countries listed in the attached Schedule – Class 1; and
2. whose immediate or ultimate destination after transiting through New Zealand is the country of which they are a citizen of or ordinarily resident in; and
3. who is the immediate family (partners, spouses, dependent children under the age of 24 and legal guardians) travelling with a person to whom clause 1 and 2 applies; and
4. for whom there is a Government to Government arrangement to support their repatriation into the country of which they are a citizen of, or foreign national ordinarily resident in, where the following conditions are met:
   4.1 they remain airside (do not enter New Zealand) and do not exceed 10 hours in transit; and
   4.2 health requirements have been met; and
   4.3 it is formally documented in a Government to Government arrangement that their Government undertakes that they will be accepted into the country of which they are a citizen or ordinarily resident in.

This special direction expires on 19 June 2020, unless cancelled earlier.

Dated this 10th day of April 2020.

Hon IAIN LEES-GALLOWAY, Minister of Immigration.

Schedule – Class 1

1. United States of America
2. Canada