http://www.avsec.govt.nz/ FAQ RSS http://www.avsec.govt.nz/Traveller/Frequently-Asked-Questions/Baby-through-in-a-carrycot-/ We will ask you to remove your child from the mode of transport and we will put your carrycot or car seat through the x-ray.  In the case of a pram / pushchair, we will push it around the side of the Walk Thru Metal Detector and physically search it.  The child will either walk or be carried by you through the WTMD. http://www.avsec.govt.nz/Traveller/Frequently-Asked-Questions/Baby-through-in-a-carrycot-/ Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:11:20 GMT http://www.avsec.govt.nz/Traveller/Frequently-Asked-Questions/Back-brace-set-the-metal-detector-off/ Yes you will.  Just explain to the officer that that you are wearing a back brace or a corset and they will ask you to step inside our search room (this ensures privacy for you) so that they can visibly sight the brace.  Once the officer has sighted the brace / corset, you will be hand wanded.  (We ensure that all females are attended by female officers and males by male officers in order to... http://www.avsec.govt.nz/Traveller/Frequently-Asked-Questions/Back-brace-set-the-metal-detector-off/ Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:09:02 GMT http://www.avsec.govt.nz/Traveller/Frequently-Asked-Questions/Computer-have-to-go-through-the-X-ray/ Aviation Security prides itself on ensuring you get to start your holiday peacefully.  When we ask you to put your electronic equipment through the x-ray for inspection purposes, it is because we cannot physically see behind a laptop computer, video or camera without becoming technicians and carrying screwdrivers to dismantle your electronic equipment. The easiest way for us to examine these... http://www.avsec.govt.nz/Traveller/Frequently-Asked-Questions/Computer-have-to-go-through-the-X-ray/ Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:06:10 GMT http://www.avsec.govt.nz/Traveller/Frequently-Asked-Questions/Family-member-is-in-an-airline-provided-wheelchair/ We will ascertain from the attending person if the wheelchair occupant is able to walk through the Walk Thru Metal Detector unassisted.  If they can then, we will ask that they do this while we push the wheelchair around the side of the WTMD and visually check it.  If not, we will apply the confined to a wheelchair process. http://www.avsec.govt.nz/Traveller/Frequently-Asked-Questions/Family-member-is-in-an-airline-provided-wheelchair/ Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:10:39 GMT http://www.avsec.govt.nz/Traveller/Frequently-Asked-Questions/Homeopathic-drugs-through-the-x-ray-screen/ We will ask you to hand these to us while you proceed through the Walk Through Metal Detector.  We will hand check them and pass them back to you. We do this in order to make sure that your medicine is not exposed to the magnetic field. Please refer to the information relating to Liquids, Aerosols & Gels. http://www.avsec.govt.nz/Traveller/Frequently-Asked-Questions/Homeopathic-drugs-through-the-x-ray-screen/ Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:08:25 GMT http://www.avsec.govt.nz/Traveller/Frequently-Asked-Questions/I-have-a-Pacemaker/ Doctors assure us that the WTMD will not affect Pacemakers.  They will not guarantee this 100% however, so we ask that you have a doctor's note indicating that you have a pacemaker.  Please produce this at the time of screening when travelling overseas.  We will ask that you go around the side of the WTMD and we will put a hand held metal detector (known as a wand) over you. http://www.avsec.govt.nz/Traveller/Frequently-Asked-Questions/I-have-a-Pacemaker/ Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:03:53 GMT http://www.avsec.govt.nz/Traveller/Frequently-Asked-Questions/Plate-in-my-body-will-this-affect-the-metal-detector/ Normally plates and pins do not set off the metal detector, but if it does, we will ask you to step inside our search room (this ensures privacy for you) in order that an officer can visibly sight the scarring and hand wand you. Having a signed doctor's note will assist you. http://www.avsec.govt.nz/Traveller/Frequently-Asked-Questions/Plate-in-my-body-will-this-affect-the-metal-detector/ Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:09:39 GMT http://www.avsec.govt.nz/Traveller/Frequently-Asked-Questions/Walking-through-the-metal-detector/ We ask that you do this for three reasons  Our machines are extremely sensitive to metal and if we can eliminate items that passengers are carrying in their pockets, most passengers should walk through without having to be checked with a hand held metal detector. If the alarms are activated, there will be less for you to have to show the officer who screens you. This will help process you... http://www.avsec.govt.nz/Traveller/Frequently-Asked-Questions/Walking-through-the-metal-detector/ Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:04:49 GMT http://www.avsec.govt.nz/Traveller/Frequently-Asked-Questions/Wheelchair-how-do-I-get-screened/ We will ask you to go around the side of the Walk Thru Metal Detector, because your chair will activate the detector.  We will request your permission to physically touch your back.  This is because if we screen you with a hand held metal detector around the back area, the HHMD would pick up the metal of the chair.  We will also ask if we need to physically touch your legs etc.  We will visually... http://www.avsec.govt.nz/Traveller/Frequently-Asked-Questions/Wheelchair-how-do-I-get-screened/ Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:10:13 GMT http://www.avsec.govt.nz/Traveller/Frequently-Asked-Questions/Where-do-I-pick-my-duty-free-goods-up-from/ Once you have completed check-in with the airline, and processed through Emigration, put your hand luggage through the X-ray machine and have yourself cleared through the Walk Thru Metal Detector, you may proceed to the Duty Free Store in the departure lounge.  You may purchase further duty free goods and pick up your pre-ordered purchases. http://www.avsec.govt.nz/Traveller/Frequently-Asked-Questions/Where-do-I-pick-my-duty-free-goods-up-from/ Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:05:31 GMT http://www.avsec.govt.nz/Traveller/Frequently-Asked-Questions/X-ray-film-and-do-not-want-to-put-it-through-your-x-ray-machine/ Since the film has already been exposed and processed, our X-ray machine cannot harm it. It can safely pass through the screening process. http://www.avsec.govt.nz/Traveller/Frequently-Asked-Questions/X-ray-film-and-do-not-want-to-put-it-through-your-x-ray-machine/ Wed, 29 Oct 2008 15:07:52 GMT