You can complete a Border Cash Report via:

Whether you complete your Border Cash Report online or on paper, you must speak to a Customs officer when you arrive in New Zealand.

If you have not completed a Border Cash Report before reaching passport control in New Zealand, a Border Officer will provide a form to you to complete.

Learn more about the Border Cash Report in Fact Sheet 13: Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009 (PDF, 710 KB). 

What "cash" means

Cash means:

  • physical currency
  • travellers’ cheques
  • cheques
  • money orders, postal orders, or similar
  • bearer bonds
  • a bill of exchange
  • promissory notes
  • any instrument prescribed by regulations under the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act 2009.
What may happen if you fail to declare cash

It’s a criminal offence to:

  • fail to declare cash on your report
  • avoid making the report.

If you do either of those things, you could:

  • be fined
  • be imprisoned
  • have your cash seized.
Border Cash Report translations

Your Border Cash Report must be completed in English. Translations of the Border Cash Report are available in the following languages:

Submit an online Border Cash Report

You can submit an online Border Cash Report on condition of acceptance by a Customs Officer.

Note: the online Border Cash Report form can only be completed within 72 hours of your trip to New Zealand.

Border Cash Report