You do need a visa to go to New Zealand!

Imagine our surprise and discomfiture when we turned up at the Emirates check in desk at Glasgow Airport only to be told that you have needed a visa to visit New Zealand since last October. It hasn’t even occurred to us because we didn’t need them in 2017 on our last visit. The man at the desk helpfully directed us to the New Zealand government website where we could apply straight away using our phones. For the princely sum of 47 NZ dollars we were permitted to fill in our details (as quickly as possible!) and send them off. The only problem was that the website warned us that the visa could be granted in as little as ten minutes .... or as much as 72 hours! In fact it only took about three minutes for our visas to come through and we were able to return to the desk and check in. Phew.