NZ minister urges Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott to ditch passports for travellers between Australia and New Zealand

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NZ minister urges Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott to ditch passports for travellers between Australia and New Zealand

Travel between Australia and New Zealand should not require a passport.

Travel between Australia and New Zealand should not require a passport.Credit: iStock

New Zealand's minister in charge of passports has invoked the spirit of Anzac by urging Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott to scrap them for New Zealanders and Australians crossing the ditch.

Mr Dunne says there are arguably no people on earth more alike than Australians and New Zealanders, who genuinely like each other despite all the rivalries.

As the Anzac spirit is invoked this weekend, he's suggested marking the occasion by reinvigorating the Australia-New Zealand relationship by allowing travel between the two countries without passports.

AAP

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