We provide border services that protect New Zealand and advance our economy.
We promote New Zealand’s international trade, collect Crown revenue, and enforce the law by identifying and seizing prohibited imports and exports.
We also make sure that lawful travellers and items can move across our border as smoothly and efficiently as possible.
Our Māori name – Te Mana Ārai o Aotearoa – translates as “the authority that screens and protects New Zealand".
All the latest news from Customs.
We're always on the lookout for new people to help keep the borders secure and our community safe.
This page provides links to our corporate publications – our Strategy / Statement of Intent, Annual Report and Code of Conduct.
The Customs Executive Board includes the Comptroller and four Deputy Chief Executives.
This section provides you with an overview of the Border Executive Board and access to information we've shared with the public.
The Ministerial Advisory Group on Transnational, Serious and Organised Crime provides independent, expert advice.
Information about the New Zealand Traveller Declaration programme.
We want to make it easy for you to comply with Customs requirements.
View Customs operational policy documents.
Customs is the oldest government department in New Zealand.
Our detector dogs are used to help identify illegal drugs and undeclared cash being smuggled into the country.
This website is built to the New Zealand Government Web Standards and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.
We collect information because we need it as part of what we do.