Airports Group

The Airports Group is responsible for:

• Ensuring that the movements of  passengers, crew and aircraft are legitimate
• Ensuring that all items brought into and taken out of New Zealand by passengers and crew are legitimate
• Making the airport and Customs experience smoother and easier for legitimate passengers
• Managing risk
• Collecting duties, GST and fees on imported goods.

The Group processes arriving and departing air passengers and crew at New Zealand's international airports. This involves:

• Profiling potential risks
• Clearing passengers and crew
• Applying any existing alert instructions that might exist for passengers and crew
• Conducting searches of passengers and their baggage, where necessary.

Airports Group staff are located in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin and Queenstown.