These health advice cards advise overseas travellers or returning New Zealanders on what to do if they get sick within a month of arriving in New Zealand. English versions of the cards are available at New Zealand's international airports. The cards may be actively distributed to travellers in a border response.
The advice cards are available in several different languages. The Ministry of Health is encouraging wider promotion of the health card message and is happy for agencies such as tourism industry providers and language schools to promote the message. Print-ready PDFs are available if you wish to have them printed professionally.
The message on the card is:
Important message from the New Zealand Ministry of Health
If you get sick within a month of arriving in New Zealand, please seek medical advice as soon as you can.
Telephone the free Healthline on 0800 611 116 or contact a doctor.
It is important to tell them that you have been outside New Zealand recently.
Tell the health professional if you have a temperature of 38°C or higher and one or more of the following symptoms:
- ongoing coughing
- difficulty breathing
- ongoing diarrhoea
- ongoing vomiting
- skin rash
- bruising or bleeding without injury
- looking obviously unwell
- confusion.
Downloads
English
Māori
Arabic
Chinese, simplified
- Health advice card – simplified Chinese (PDF, 409 KB)
- Health advice card – simplified Chinese, print-ready (PDF, 533 KB)
Chinese, traditional
- Health advice card – traditional Chinese (PDF, 458 KB)
- Health advice card – traditional Chinese, print-ready (PDF, 744 KB)
Czech
Dutch
Farsi
French
Hebrew
Hindi
German
Greek
Indonesian
- Health advice card – Indonesian (PDF, 329 KB)
- Health advice card – Indonesian, print-ready (PDF, 454 KB)
Italian
Japanese
- Health advice card – Japanese (PDF, 361 KB)
- Health advice card – Japanese, print-ready (PDF, 473 KB)
Korean
Malay
Portuguese
- Health advice card – Portuguese (PDF, 331 KB)
- Health advice card – Portuguese, print-ready (PDF, 450 KB)
Punjabi
Russian
Samoan
Spanish
Thai
Tongan
Vietnamese