The cost of New Zealand passports will increase next month.
Internal Affairs Minister Tracey Martin announced the adult passport fee will increase from $180 to $191 while the child fee will increase from $105 to $111.
The increase follows the first review of passport and travel document fees since the change of the adult passport validity period from five to ten years in 2015.
“The government has kept the fee increase to a minimum, but needed to cover a significant deficit in the memorandum account that funds the production of passports.
“Without a change to passport fees, the cost of producing passports would not have been met and the Passports Memorandum Account was projected to be in deficit by more than $110 million in 10 years,” says Martin.
The Minister said that the new prices that have been set will be in place for at least three years and cover planned improvements to ensure the security and ease of use of New Zealand passports.
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