New Zealand Embassy: 202-328-4800 Wellington GMT +12 hrs

Entry Requirements:
A visa is not required for stays up to 3 months.
HIV Test: Not required.
Vaccinations: None required.
Telephone Country Code: 64

Embassies/Consulates: U.S. Embassy: Fourth floor, Yorkshire General Building, Corner of Shortland and O'Connell Streets, Auckland; Tel: 64-9-303-2724; Fax: 64-9-366-0870; Web: homepages.ihug.co.nz/~amcongen
Canadian Embassy: 3rd Floor, 61 Molesworth Street, Thorndon, Wellington; Tel: 64-4-473-9577; Fax: 64-4-471-2082; E-mail: wlgtn@dfait-maeci.gc.ca; Web: www.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/newzealand

Hospitals / Doctors:
Medical facilities, both public and private, are of a high standard. Telephone numbers for doctors and hospitals are listed at the front of the white pages of local telephone directories. Should visitors need drugs or pharmaceutical supplies outside normal shopping hours, they should refer to 'Urgent Pharmacies' in the local telephone directory for the location of the nearest pharmacy or check with their hotel. Many hotels have doctors on call.
Wellington Hospital (959 beds); Tel: (4) 385-5999.
Greenlane Hospital (565 beds), Auckland; Tel: (9) 604-106
Epsom Medical Center, Aukland; Tel. (9) 794-540.
Public Health Service Health Link South, Ltd. 10 Oxford TCE, Christchurch, South Island; Tel. (03) 3799-480.
Lake District Hospital, Frankton, Queenstown (20 beds); Tel: (64) 03-442-3053; private hospital that can provide basic emergency services.

Current Advisories & Health Risks:

Accidents & Medical Insurance:
Accidents and injuries are the leading cause of death among travelers under the age of 55 and are most often caused by motor vehicle and motorcycle crashes; drownings, aircraft crashes, homicides, and burns are lesser causes.
Heart attacks cause most fatalities in older travelers.
Infections cause only 1% of fatalities in overseas travelers, but, overall, infections are the most common cause of travel-related illness.
MEDICAL INSURANCE: Travelers are advised to obtain, prior to departure, supplemental travel health insurance with specific overseas coverage. The policy should provide for direct payment to the overseas hospital and/or physician at the time of service and include a medical evacuation benefit. The policy should also provide 24-hour hotline access to a multilingual assistance center that can help arrange and monitor delivery of medical care and determine if medevac or air ambulance services are required.

Hepatitis: Nonimmune travelers should consider hepatitis A vaccination. Hepatitis E has not been reported. The carrier rate of the hepatitis B virus among the general population is 3%, and up to 10% amongst the Maori tribe and Asian/Polynesian residents. Vaccination against hepatitis B should be considered for stays over 3 months and by short-term travelers desiring maximum protection. Travelers should be aware that hepatitis B can be transmitted by unsafe sex and the use of contaminated needles and syringes. Hepatits C is endemic.

Influenza: Influenza is transmitted from April through September in the Southern Hemisphere. The flu vaccine is recommended for all travelers over age 50; all travelers with chronic disease or a weakened immune system; travelers of any age wishing to decrease the risk of this illness; pregnant women after the first trimester.