Unless otherwise stated under special instructions, visitors to New Zealand are limited to a maximum stay of nine months on a visitor visa.
However, we may allow you to stay a further three months if you have financially supported yourself and you have not worked, studied, or been sponsored during your stay.
If you have recently visited New Zealand and you wish to visit again, you should be aware that the instructions allow a visitor to stay a total of no more than nine months in an 18-month period. The 18-month period is calculated backwards from the last day you intend to be in New Zealand. For example, if you want to stay until 1 December 2012, you should count back 18 months, which will be 1 June 2010.
However, if you have spent a total of 12 months in New Zealand as a visitor, you will have to remain
outside New Zealand for 12 months before a further application for a visitor visa may be approved.