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New Zealand across borders

Travelling to and from New Zealand

Travelling to New Zealand

What you need to know about coming here.

Prohibited and restricted items

What you can't bring into New Zealand.

New Zealand Traveller Declaration

Everyone entering New Zealand must complete a declaration.

On your arrival

What happens once you're in New Zealand.

Medicines

What you need to bring your medicines with you.

Leaving New Zealand

How to make your departure smooth and trouble-free.

eGate

An automated way to get through passport control.

Food and other risk items

Some items are a biosecurity risk to New Zealand, and you must declare them.

Duty-free shopping

Find out what the limits are.

Importing for personal use

Find your parcel

We don't store or track goods, and we can't trace your parcel.

Customs Number

You need a Customs Number to import/export items worth more than NZ$1000.

What's my duty?

Find out how much duty and/or GST you may need to pay if you're buying goods from overseas.

Prohibited and restricted items

What you can't bring into New Zealand.

Online shopping

Your obligations when shopping online.

Duty and allowances

More information on what you might need to pay when importing items.

Paying Customs

If you've received an invoice from us, here's how to pay.

Receive items from overseas

Advice on having your items shipped to New Zealand.

Import allowances and charges

Find some of the more common duties and charges.

Importing and exporting as a business

Working Tariff Document

View the full Working Tariff Document.

Goods Levies

A table of the current goods levies.

Customs rates of exchange

Current and historical rates of exchange used to calculate your Customs duty.

Prohibitions and restrictions

What you can't bring into New Zealand.

Import

Find the documentation, clearances, and requirements you need.

Consolidated list of approvals

General approvals relating to Part II of the Tariff of New Zealand, also known as tariff concessions.

Client codes

A unique number that identifies commercial importers and exporters.

Tobacco

An overview of legal requirements for bringing tobacco products into New Zealand.

Supplier codes

You need a supplier code for imports valued at NZ$1000 or more.

Travelling to New Zealand

Unloading of import cargo from airplane

What you're allowed to bring in and take out, and what you need to do when you arrive.

Leaving New Zealand

Unloading of import cargo from airplane

Things to think about in advance as you prepare to leave New Zealand.

Unloading of import cargo from airplane

Get an estimate for what duty you may have to pay if you've bought something from overseas.

Importing and exporting

Unloading of import cargo from airplane

We're your first point of contact if you're importing or exporting goods across the border.

New Zealand Traveller Declaration

Unloading of import cargo from airplane

Everyone travelling into New Zealand must complete a declaration.

Yachts and small craft

Unloading of import cargo from airplane

Learn about what you need to do when sailing into New Zealand.

News

Mother and son sentenced for illegally exporting pounamu

A 28-year-old man and a 54-year-old woman have been sentenced to a combined fine of NZ$5,000 in the Manukau District Court today for attempting to smuggle approximately 18 kilograms of pounamu out of Auckland International Airport in 2024. The man was sentenced to pay a NZ$3,000 fine, and the woman was sentenced to pay a NZ$2,000 fine.

New excise duty rates for alcohol from 1 July 2026

The annual adjustment to the excise and excise-equivalent duty rates on alcoholic beverages will take place on 1 July 2026.

Customs seizes 39 kilograms of methamphetamine at Wellington Airport

Customs seized an estimated 39 kilograms of methamphetamine, worth up to NZ$13 million in retail value, at Wellington International Airport over the long weekend.

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