No more queues
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New Zealand and Australian travellers with electronic passports will be able to put themselves through passport control without having to queue, The Dominion Post reported.
Passengers put their passports into a machine similar to a ticket kiosk that downloads details, including an electronic image of the passport holder’s face.
The report said New Zealanders had been able to use the SmartGate at Brisbane Airport since late last year and the system would soon be set up in Sydney.
Similar machines would be tested in Wellington in the next few months .
At first it would be available only to New Zealanders and Australians with electronic passports but an official was quoted saying that he expected it would later be available to those from other countries.
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