New Zealand Customs Service

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The New Zealand Customs Service is the government agency with the job of ensuring the security of our borders.

We protect the economy from illegal imports and exports. We promote New Zealand’s international trade. We collect revenues, investigate illegal activity and prosecute where necessary.

We also make sure that lawful travellers and goods can move across our borders as smoothly and efficiently as possible.

Our Māori name – Te Mana Ārai o Aotearoa – translates as the authority that screens and protects New Zealand.

Within this section

  • About this website

    Learn all about our new website – how easy it is to use and how we guarantee your privacy and online security.

  • Contact us

    ​Find out where we are and how to get hold of us. For information and answers this is where you come.

  • Organisation profile

    ​The complete Customs guidebook – who we are, what we do, why we do it and how we’re organised.

  • Careers

    A Customs career is always varied, fulfilling and exciting. Read about it here. There might just be a vacancy for you.​

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