No visa needed

Do citizens of New Zealand need a visa for Macau?

Citizens of New Zealand don’t need a visa for Macau and can stay up to 90 days. You need a valid passport; border officers may ask for a return ticket and accommodation. For a longer stay you need a visa or an extension.

For citizens of New Zealand: the passport opens 113 countries visa-free; Wellington — Municipality of Macau: ≈ 9,460 km, about 12.5 hours of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

At a glance

No visa needed

Stay: 90 days

Can I travel to Macau without a visa on a New Zealand passport?

Yes, citizens of New Zealand don’t need a visa for Macau for up to 90 days. A valid passport is enough.

Macau visa rules at a glance

With a New Zealand passport you can visit 113 countries visa-free, 36 with a visa on arrival and 34 with an e-visa; 15 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the New Zealand passport ranks 37th of 199.
New Zealand passport: visa-free access to 113 countries; Macau passport: 93.
Citizens of New Zealand and Macau can travel together visa-free to 84 countries, for example: Fiji, Vanuatu, Kiribati, Micronesia, Brunei, Philippines, Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, Chile, Thailand, Argentina, South Korea, Uruguay, and Mauritius.
Citizens of Macau, in turn, need an e-visa to travel to New Zealand. New Zealand visa for citizens of Macau

Travelling to Macau: good to know

Wellington — Municipality of Macau: about 9,460 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 12.5 hours.
Time difference with your country’s capital: −5 hours.
Local time: Wellington 12:00 — Municipality of Macau 07:00.
Local currency: Macanese Pataca.
Languages: Portuguese and Chinese.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ MOP 8.08.
Macau is the 24th closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of New Zealand.