Rongotai.. I am thinking of moving my American (also Aus citizens) family to NZ because of the difficulties in living in the US (not all to do with the security garbage). Do you say they will not be made to feel welcome? I do not want to put them into a place where they will want to leave again after a short time.
When I fly into the US now, on a visa, I have to submit to the photo and fingerprinting. I notice that I might be on the end of a long line, and everyone ahead has to put their finger onto the reader. Am I at risk of catching something from someone who might have a communicable disease? I would imagine that this has been thought out already, but in Anchorage they make me (and everyone ahead) rub the finger on the forehead first to get a good reading, which is grubby, to say the least.