New Zealand passport

New Zealand passport Uruwhenua Aotearoa
The front cover of a contemporary New Zealand biometric passport
Type	Passport
Issued by	Department of Internal Affairs
First issued	1915 (first version) 1992 (machine-readable passport) 4 November 2005 (biometric passport) 3 May 2021 (current version)
Purpose	Identification & travel
Valid in	All countries
Eligibility	New Zealand citizenship
Expiration	Age at date of Application: 15-: 5 Years from Date of Issue 16+: 10 Years from Date of Issue
Cost	Adult (16+)[1] Regular: $206.00 Urgent: $412.00 Callout: $837.00 Child (under 16)[1] Regular: $120.00 Urgent: $326.00 Callout: $751.00 Prices in NZD and inclusive of GST

New Zealand passports (Māori: uruwhenua o Aotearoa) are issued to New Zealand citizens for the purpose of international travel by the Department of Internal Affairs. New Zealand has a passport possession rate of around 70% of the population and there are around 2.9 million New Zealand passports in circulation.^[2]