Aotea Path
Your pathway to New Zealand.
Aotea Path helps you track your time in New Zealand, understand your citizenship pathway, plan overseas travel, and keep your journey organized in one place.
Plan, track and understand your journey toward New Zealand citizenship and residency.
Independent app. Not affiliated with Immigration New Zealand, DIA, or any New Zealand Government agency.
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Everything you need to understand your pathway.
Track your time
Keep track of your time in New Zealand and overseas.
Plan your travel
Add completed and future overseas trips and understand their potential impact.
Understand your timeline
View your physical presence and expected citizenship timeline.
Prepare
Use citizenship information and practice questions to prepare.
Understand your citizenship timeline.
Aotea Path helps users organize their travel history and understand their physical presence across the relevant five-year period.
Planning information only. Confirm your individual eligibility with the New Zealand Government.
Explore citizenship planningExample timeline
Illustrative only — not a real eligibility calculation.
Travel history
- 7 days
Auckland → Singapore
12–19 Mar
- 4 days
Wellington → Sydney
2–6 Jun
- 14 days
Planned · Europe
Oct (planned)
Demonstration examples only.
See how travel affects your pathway.
Record completed trips, add planned travel, and see how your travel history fits into your citizenship planning.
Plan your travel in Aotea PathYour New Zealand journey doesn't start with citizenship.
Aotea Path also provides residency-focused planning and information — so you can explore pathways earlier in your journey. It does not calculate every possible residence route or provide immigration advice.
Explore residencyResidency planning
- Explore residency pathway information
- Organise notes as you research options
- Keep planning separate from official applications
Prepare with practice.
Aotea Path includes citizenship practice material designed to help users become familiar with relevant topics and question formats.
200 practice questions
Practice content is not an official New Zealand Government examination. Aotea Path does not administer the official citizenship test.
Practice in the app200
practice questions in the app
Full question bank is available in Aotea Path — not published on this website.
Keep your pathway within reach.
Aotea Path can provide useful home-screen widgets so you can quickly see information such as your expected citizenship date and physical-presence progress.
Citizenship
342 days
Expected eligibility
Demonstration example
NZ presence
1,240 days
Physical presence
Demonstration example
Pathway
On track
Planning status
Demonstration example
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Unlock more with Aotea Path Premium.
A one-time purchase gives you access to additional planning and preparation features inside the app.
Purchases happen inside the mobile app. Price may vary by store and region.
Built for planning, not promises.
Aotea Path is an independent planning and information tool designed to help people organize their New Zealand citizenship and residency journey.
Aotea Path is not affiliated with or endorsed by the New Zealand Government, Immigration New Zealand, or the Department of Internal Affairs.
Read the full disclaimerYour information matters.
Aotea Path is designed with privacy in mind. Planning details you enter — such as travel history and dates — stay on your device. There is no website account. Google Analytics may be used for anonymous product and website usage metrics.
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Plan, track and understand your New Zealand citizenship and residency journey — in one calm place.