Glossary

Atua of the sea.

Local people, hosts, indigenous people. 

Atua of the wind and storms.

The Māori world.

A New Zealand university, institute of technology, polytechnic or wānanga.

An eligible sponsor who has registered as a sponsor under the Refugee Family Support Category and either:

• does not have any immediate family living in New Zealand as New Zealand citizens or residents
• the only family they have in New Zealand depend solely on them to meet their ongoing needs for day-to-day care.

Practices.

Māori art.

A tour escort travels with and provides support for a tour group in New Zealand. They are responsible for logistical and organisational support, such as arrival and departure formalities and translation, rather than leading activities or providing in-depth local knowledge.

A tour escort may be granted a visitor visa to carry out their duties in New Zealand.

Tour Escort Visitor Visa

A tour guide leads a tour group in New Zealand, is employed by a New Zealand employer and provides in-depth local knowledge of New Zealand society, history, geography, etc.

A person performing some or all of the role or duties of a tour guide must apply for a specific purpose work visa.

Specific Purpose Work Visa

Businesses that make it easy for people to visit places. Examples include hotels, retail outlets, restaurants and travel agencies.

Businesses that make it easy for people to visit places. Examples include hotels, retail outlets, restaurants and travel agencies.

A passenger who arrives by plane into New Zealand while on their way to another country, and for the whole time they are in New Zealand stays:

• in the transit area at Auckland Airport — there are no transit areas at other New Zealand airports
• on board the plane they came to New Zealand on, or
• in the custody of New Zealand Police.

The time a passenger spends in transit will be less than 24 hours.

Transiting through New Zealand to another country

A country whose citizens do not have to apply for a visa before passing through New Zealand as a transit passenger. Travellers must request a New Zealand Electronic Travel Authority (NZeTA).

Transit visa waiver countries and territories

Instructions on a visa that give the visa holder permission to enter a country for a certain amount of time. The instructions also state that the visa holder can enter the country either once (a single entry visa) or many times over a stated period of time (a multiple entry visa).

A triangular employment arrangement involves 3 parties:

• the employee
• the direct employer — who holds the employment agreement with the employee and places them with the controlling third party
• the controlling third party who directs the day-to-day work of the employee.

An acronym for Transitioning to Recognised Seasonal Employer, a visa we used to grant to allow people to do seasonal work in the horticulture and viticulture industries. It has been replaced by the Seasonal Supplementary Employment (SSE) Work Visa.

Ancestors.