The Department of Internal Affairs [DIA] is urging Kiwis to “avoid the rush” and renew their passports while the borders remain closed, with more than 300,000 sitting on an expired passport. Uruwhenua Aotearoa – Passport Services has been sending out reminder emails to those with expired passports, encouraging them to renew the travel document online. Let us know at travel@stuff.co.nz123rf It’s been a quiet year for the New Zealand passports office. * 'My dog ate it' - Barking mad pleas for urgent passportsNew Zealand re-introduced 10-year adult passports in November 2015. Kyle Lockwood, who led the campaign for a return to 10-year passports, suggested some sort of discount could be offered to people as an incentive to renew their passports at this time.

Source: Stuff January 14, 2021 00:23 UTC