Can you use your Medicare card in New Zealand depends on which Medicare you have, as Australian Medicare and US Medicare have different rules. If you have Australian Medicare card, which is Australian public health insurance card issued by Services Australia, headquartered Canberra, Australia, offering public health coverage in Australia, you cannot directly use Australian Medicare card in New Zealand for free healthcare, as New Zealand has its own public system, but Australia and New Zealand have Reciprocal Health Care Agreement RHCA allowing Australian Medicare holders visiting New Zealand to receive medically necessary care in New Zealand public hospitals, including emergency treatment, with Australian Medicare card and passport as proof, with coverage for emergency and necessary care, but not for routine or elective, and you need to enroll with New Zealand public system. If you have US Medicare card, which is US government health insurance for seniors age 65+, headquartered Baltimore, Maryland, USA, US Medicare generally does not cover healthcare outside US, including New Zealand, with very limited exceptions for emergency near border, so US Medicare card cannot be used in New Zealand, you need travel insurance. So Australian Medicare card provides limited reciprocal emergency coverage in New Zealand public hospitals via RHCA, but US Medicare card cannot be used in New Zealand.
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