The Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade, through its Smartraveller website, has launched a consular card for those intending to travel to New Zealand for the upcoming Rugby World Cup.
It contains information on passports, visas, health and quarantine regulations, as well as consular contacts in both Australia and New Zealand, It also gives advice on top travel tips and warnings relating to sever weather, climate and natural disasters.
The 2011 Rugby World Cup will take place from 9 September to 23 October at 11 locations throughout New Zealand.
The official site for the Rugby World cup is www.rugbyworldcup.com/destinationnewzealand/index.html
To view the travel tips provided by DFAT specifically for those travelling to the Rugby World Cup visit the Smartravller website http://smartraveller.gov.au/tips/2011-rugby-world-cup-new-zealand.html
Copies of the consular card may be ordered online by vistiting http://smartraveller.gov.au/order_brochure.html