New Zealand is a party to the Hague Apostille Convention: a single apostille, affixed in Switzerland by the chancellery of the issuing canton, makes your Swiss document valid there — no embassy, no consulate, no further stamp.
Order an apostille →Always in the country that issued the document — so for your Swiss diploma, extract or certificate, at the state chancellery of the issuing canton, or at the Federal Chancellery for federal documents. We route it; you just name the canton.
Diplomas and transcripts for jobs and universities, civil-status records for marriages and residence, criminal-record extracts for visas, commercial-register extracts and powers of attorney for business.
Standard 1–2 business days plus delivery; same-day express available. Registered Swiss mail included — or DHL straight to New Zealand (CHF 140 worldwide, CHF 90 in Europe).
An English translation is required from every Swiss canton. New Zealand institutions are generally pragmatic about the translator, but immigration files expect a statement of accuracy and the translator’s contact details attached. Distance is the harder constraint: registered post takes considerably longer than within Europe, and visa deadlines do not move.
If a date matters, use DHL rather than registered post. The price difference is a fraction of the cost of missing a visa window, and the transit time difference is measured in weeks rather than days for this destination.