Craft arrival documentation

• Part A – arrival details of the craft.
• Part B – supporting documentation relating to goods and persons on board.
• Part C – ship stores list.

You can generate your documentation electronically but it must contain exactly the same information as our forms.

It needs to be signed by the owner or person in charge of the craft. It cannot be signed by any other person.

Crew declarations must also be attached to the inward report form. You must use the following forms:

• Form 6 – Customs Individual Crew Declaration (Sea) (New Zealand Domiciled Crew). This must be completed by each New Zealand domiciled member of the crew. (Domicile is determined as the place of permanent residence.) All goods must be declared whether they are to be landed or not. The form is required in duplicate.
• Form 7 – Customs Individual Crew Declaration (Sea) (Non-New Zealand Domiciled Crew). This declaration is prescribed by the Customs & Excise Regulations 1996, and must be completed by the master, officers, and every member of the crew. All goods to be landed in New Zealand must be declared. One copy only of the form is required. ​

With the inward report form, include the following information:

• Disembarking passenger list – passengers departing the craft and not re-joining.
• Transit passenger list – passengers who have arrived and will depart on the same craft.
• Overlanders list – passengers who depart the craft for an overnight stay and then return to the craft.

Essential information which needs to be included with the inward report form:

• Last port clearance.
• Cargo manifest – if the craft is carrying commercial cargo.
• Controlled drugs and firearms list.
• Stores list.​

For commercial craft arrival, the following information is required by other New Zealand agencies:

• Ministry for Primary Industries – Ballast Water Declaration Form
• Ministry of Health – Ship Sanitation Control Exemption Certificate
• Ministry for Primary Industries – Master's Declaration
• Ministry of Health – Maritime Declaration of Health. ​