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Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • History [ ] New Zealand participates in the, an international forum for cooperation between the passport issuing authorities in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States to 'share best practices and discuss innovations related to the development of passport policies, products and practices'. Early 20th century: Passports introduced [ ] Few countries required passports before the First World War, and they were not then usually required for overseas travel. By 1900 there were occasional requests for New Zealand passports, which were personally signed by the Governor. In 1905 MP decided to return to Scotland for his father’s 100th birthday. He decided he needed a passport when his ship was about to leave; an inconvenience both for the department and the Governor who had to sign it. A single passport covered a man and his wife and children, but did not include a photo or any personal details like age, height, or eye colour. In the First World War the British Government required passports in 1915, and New Zealand followed from November 1915, with an increased workload for the department and for police.

1,108 passports had been issued in 1909, but 6,000 were issued in the nine months from 15 November 1915 to 21 August 1916. The number was kept high by civilian travel after the war, over 4,300 in 1921, and the number hovered at that level until the Depression. The number then fell from 4,722 in 1930 to 2,455 for the year ended 31 March 1934. 1950s: New Zealand citizenship introduced [ ] After the creation of modern with the passing of the British Nationality and New Zealand Citizenship Act, 1948 (which came into force on 1 January 1949), residence in New Zealand no longer qualified British or Commonwealth citizens for a New Zealand passport, and they had to apply for New Zealand citizenship then for a passport, with increased work for the. In 1950 the number of passports issued topped ten thousand, twice as many as were issued in 1939. Between 1948 and 1977, New Zealand passports bore the words 'New Zealand citizen and British subject'. Starting on 1 July 1981, the announced that New Zealand citizens could no longer travel to Australia without passports, as it was felt that too many people who were not entitled to travel without passports to Australia were passing themselves off as New Zealanders. Marketing presentation powerpoint.