3901 (2024). Hon Jenny Salesa to the Minister of Customs

3901 (2024). Hon Jenny Salesa to the Minister of Customs: How many people (including NZ citizens) arrived into New Zealand each day of the last four weeks, and how many are expected to arrive in the next four weeks?

Hon Casey Costello: I refer the member to the attached table which provides a breakdown of the number of air passengers arriving into New Zealand for the period 27 February to 25 March 2024 (inclusive), broken down by passengers per day. I am advised that the New Zealand Customs Service does not forecast passenger arrival numbers. However, the member may find Customs’ Border Executive Board’s Border Forecasting located on the following link: https://www.customs.govt.nz/about-us/border-executive-board/released-Information/border-forecasting/ useful for the purposes of this part of the question.