New Zealand Government’s official immigration website. Visit to find out how to apply for a visa or NZeTA, employ migrant workers, and assist students and refugees. You can also find out what you need to do to give immigration advice, and get information for medical professionals, carriers, and tourism and event organisations.
In 2025, MBIE commissioned Greg James to conduct an independent review of lessons learned from the Biometrics Capability Update (BCU) project.
Newly released data provides evidence of the impact of the Government’s Events Attraction Package and Events Boost Fund.
The Immigration (Enhanced Risk Management) Amendment Bill was reported back to the House by the Education and Workforce Committee on 7 August 2026. The Bill did not progress through its remaining parliamentary stages before the House adjourned on 23 September 2026 and will not progress further before the 2026 election.
Visitor infrastructure at Te Waihou Blue Spring in South Waikato will be upgraded with support from the International Visitor Conservation and Tourism Levy (IVL).
Shows which countries showed falls in visitor numbers over the first quarter of 2019, with a focus on China.
The 2007 Tourism Flows Model aimed to help stakeholders understand the impact of tourism growth on publicly provided infrastructure.
The Tourism Insight Series supports the sector with rich information and analysis of a range of tourism issues, such as infrastructure, and visitor dispersal and experience.
The QTR covers the performance of the tourism sector over the last year. The report draws on data from a range of sources, Including:
The commentary below presents the national context at the country level for tourism in the year ending September 2019 (and for the September 2019 quarter where available). Key findings are below:
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