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105: Responsibilities of internationally ticketed passengers travelling by air within New Zealand
or “Rules for international passengers on domestic flights in New Zealand”
You could also call this:

“What you need to do when flying within New Zealand”

When you travel by plane within New Zealand, you have certain responsibilities from the time you enter the departure hall until you leave the arrival hall at your destination.

If an immigration officer asks, you need to show them some documents. These might include your boarding pass, travel tickets, and passport or certificate of identity if you have them with you. You might also need to show other documents that the law says you must have.

If you don’t have the documents the officer asks for, you’ll need to fill out a special form. The immigration officer can only ask for these things to check who you are and if you’re allowed to travel on that flight.

When you show your documents to the officer, they will either look at them quickly and give them right back to you, or they might keep them for a bit longer if they need to check something.

The officer can also use other powers given to them by the law, not just the ones mentioned here.

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106Responsibilities of domestic passengers travelling by air within New Zealand

  1. Where any domestic passenger is using air travel for a domestic sector, this section applies to the passenger from the time at which the passenger enters the departure hall at the commencement of the domestic sector until the time at which he or she leaves the arrival hall at the end of the domestic sector.

  2. Every person to whom this section applies must—

  3. produce for inspection on demand by an immigration officer the following documents as the officer may specify:
    1. the person’s boarding pass:
      1. the person’s travel tickets:
        1. if carried by the person, his or her passport or certificate of identity:
          1. any other prescribed document; or
          2. if the person is unable to produce the specified document or documents, complete a form approved and issued for the purpose by the chief executive under section 381.

            1. A demand under subsection (2) may be made of a person only for the purpose of enabling the immigration officer to establish the person’s identity or the person’s entitlement to air travel for a domestic sector, or both.

            2. Every boarding pass, travel ticket, passport, certificate of identity, or other document produced by a person to an immigration officer under subsection (2) must be either—

            3. inspected immediately and returned to the person as soon as the inspection has concluded; or
              1. retained by the immigration officer for as long as is necessary for the officer to determine whether he or she wishes to exercise any power under this Act in relation to the person or the document.

                1. Nothing in this section limits the exercise by an immigration officer of any power contained in any other provision of this Act.

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