{"id":538413,"date":"2026-07-22T10:21:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T10:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/538413\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T10:21:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T10:21:11","slug":"travel-alert-strongly-advises-new-zealanders-to-avoid-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/538413\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel alert \u2018strongly\u2019 advises New Zealanders to avoid Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lRosKcBdZHd\" style=\"display:none\">It advised people to consult with their travel insurance providers to understand the policy\u2019s conditions, including if government travel advisories or war exceptions could potentially void their coverage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"lRosKcBdZHd\" style=\"display:none\">The European Union Aviation Safety Agency has issued advice to air operators to avoid Gulf airspace until at least July 29, 2026.<\/p>\n<p><img  alt=\"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is warning New Zealand travellers of potential disruptions and airspace closures because of escalating conflict.\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is warning New Zealand travellers of potential disruptions and airspace closures because of escalating conflict.<\/p>\n<p class=\"lRosKcBdZHd\" style=\"display:none\">It said people should check with their travel providers to confirm if their flights were affected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"lRosKcBdZHd\" style=\"display:none\">New Zealanders who were in the locations where travel alerts had been issued should monitor media closely for reporting of potential targets in the region and warnings issued by local authorities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"lRosKcBdZHd\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cFor those travelling, we strongly advise New Zealanders to avoid the Middle East and consider other travel routes. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/business\/middle-east-conflict-continues-to-weigh-on-kiwi-consumers-and-businesses-westpac-data-shows\/VACYRW6NJZHGLOHDWL2I2PGBIY\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/business\/middle-east-conflict-continues-to-weigh-on-kiwi-consumers-and-businesses-westpac-data-shows\/VACYRW6NJZHGLOHDWL2I2PGBIY\/\">If you need to transit these locations, stay as short a time as possible and avoid unnecessary activities.<\/a> Airspace may close at short notice. Flights can change or stop suddenly. Borders can close,\u201d the advisory said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"lRosKcBdZHd\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cUS strikes had been reported in many locations across Iran, including in Buschehr, Bandar Abbas, Chabahar, Konarak, Kurdistan, Sirik, Tabriz and Hamadan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"lRosKcBdZHd\" style=\"display:none\">Iran had targeted US military and other interests across the region and attacked or warned of attacks on civilian infrastructure, including airports and water desalination facilities, the advisory said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It advised people to consult with their travel insurance providers to understand the policy\u2019s conditions, including if government&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":538414,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1665,265001,16751,41242,17094,5432,24004,6150,124,4731,3806,182929,4756,14724,16609,10110,647,28874,117,111,43,139,69,84431,61,274,62126,1455,102,80,24750],"class_list":["post-538413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-advice","tag-advises","tag-affairs","tag-alert","tag-avoid","tag-between","tag-coming","tag-conflict","tag-could","tag-days","tag-east","tag-escalate","tag-foreign","tag-further","tag-iran","tag-middle","tag-military","tag-ministry","tag-new","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-strongly","tag-to","tag-travel","tag-updated","tag-warning","tag-with","tag-zealand","tag-zealanders"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=538413"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538413\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/538414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=538413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=538413"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=538413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}