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 2; and
2. whose immediate destination after transiting through New Zealand is a third party country of which they are not a citizen 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 the person to whom clause 1 and 2 applies; and
4. for whom there is a Government to Government arrangement with any third party countries in which they are transiting after New Zealand, 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 2

1. Uruguay

2. Italy

3. Brazil

4. Mexico

5. North Macedonia

6. France

7. The Netherlands

8. Bulgaria

9. Japan

10. Norway

11. Finland

12. Sweden

13. Croatia

14. Germany

15. Slovenia

16. Austria

17. United States of America

18. Canada

19. United Kingdom

20. Switzerland

21. Ecuador

22. Denmark