New Zealand Travel Insurance

Basic Information About New Zealand

Some important information on New Zealand Travel Insurance that we think you’ll want to know before you travel.

New Zealand Security Measures for travelers

The decision to travel to New Zealand is your choice and you are also responsible for your personal safety abroad. However, we provide you relevant information in our Travel Advice to help you to make well-informed decisions as you travel outside Canada.

Risk Level

New Zealand – Take normal security precautions

Entry / Exit requirements

Like every other country, New Zealand decides who enters or exits its territory. The Government of Canada cannot interfere with the country’s decision as regards the entry or exit requirements.

The information on this page was obtained from the authorities New Zealand; however, it can change at any time. Moreover, you can verify the information with foreign diplomatic missions and consulates in Canada.

Passport

The type of passport you use for travel determines the entry requirements that apply to you. Find out the applicable passport requirements from your transportation company before you travel.

New Zealand Healthcare

New Zealand has both private and public healthcare facilities and hospitals. Moreover, its healthcare standard is among the best in the world but medical treatment could be expensive especially if you do not have New Zealand travel insurance. Also, some hospitals may require cash payment. So, in addition to a New Zealand travel insurance policy, you need to travel with enough money to cover potential costs.

For more information about healthcare in New Zealand, click here.

New Zealand Travel Insurance News

A 30-year-old Sydney woman, Rani Vincent, travelled to Vancouver for a snowboarding adventure but just as soon as she got off her plane at Vancouver International Airport, she suffered a sudden and major brain hemorrhage. She was rushed to the hospital and put on life support in a critical and life-threatening condition.

Before leaving for Canada, Ms. Vincent bought Travel Insurance Direct coverage and paid a premium of $312.95 not knowing that she would have had to fork over $180,000 in medical cost without insurance and also taken care of her trip back home. Travel Insurance Direct took care of all that.

Ms. Vincent said that she would never travel without insurance because you never know what would happen any minute. She is one of the many travelers whose medical costs were over $100,000 due to emergencies on holiday. The highest was paid out for a 32-year old Sydney man who developed acute pancreatitis and required emergency blood transfusions. The claim was a massive $688,157.

The third highest claim received by Travel Insurance Direct in the past year was $105,443 for a 26-year-old New Zealand man who was held responsible for a fire outbreak that destroyed the unit he was staying while in Canada.

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