{
  "iso2": "nz",
  "name": "New Zealand",
  "region": "Oceania",
  "bloc": null,
  "verified": "2026-10-17",
  "authority": {
    "name": "New Zealand Customs Service",
    "url": "https://www.customs.govt.nz/"
  },
  "currency": {
    "code": "NZD",
    "declare_over": "NZD 10,000"
  },
  "rules": {
    "alcohol": {
      "status": "limit",
      "headline": "4.5 L wine/beer + 3 spirit bottles",
      "detail": "Duty-free: up to 4.5 litres of wine or beer, and 3 bottles of spirits or liqueur of up to 1.125 litres each. You must be 17 or over to claim the alcohol and tobacco concessions. Declare anything above this.",
      "source": "https://www.customs.govt.nz/travel-to-and-from-new-zealand/duty-free-shopping"
    },
    "tobacco": {
      "status": "limit",
      "headline": "50 cigarettes or 50 g tobacco",
      "detail": "Duty-free: 50 cigarettes, or 50 g of cigars or other tobacco products, or 50 g of a mix of all three. You must be 17 or over to claim it. Declare more than this.",
      "source": "https://www.customs.govt.nz/travel-to-and-from-new-zealand/duty-free-shopping"
    },
    "cash": {
      "status": "declare",
      "headline": "Declare NZ$10,000 or more",
      "detail": "Declare cash of NZ$10,000 or more (or foreign equivalent) on the New Zealand Traveller Declaration, including travellers cheques, bank drafts and money orders.",
      "source": "https://www.customs.govt.nz/travel-to-and-from-new-zealand/travel-by-air/on-your-arrival"
    },
    "duty_goods": {
      "status": "declare",
      "headline": "Declare goods over NZ$700",
      "detail": "Goods bought overseas or duty-free, including gifts, worth more than NZ$700 in total must be declared, and GST and duty are payable. Goods carried for business or for another person must also be declared.",
      "source": "https://www.customs.govt.nz/travel-to-and-from-new-zealand/travel-by-air/on-your-arrival"
    },
    "meds_rx": {
      "status": "limit",
      "headline": "Up to 3 months, with prescription",
      "detail": "Bring no more than three months of supply (six months for oral contraceptives), in original packaging with a prescription copy or doctor's letter. Declare it if you carry more or it is not prescribed to you or family.",
      "source": "https://www.customs.govt.nz/travel-to-and-from-new-zealand/travel-by-air/on-your-arrival"
    },
    "meds_controlled": {
      "status": "declare",
      "headline": "Declare; max 1 month supply",
      "detail": "Controlled drugs must be declared on the Traveller Declaration, kept in original packaging, and limited to one month of supply. Pseudoephedrine cold medicines count as controlled drugs.",
      "source": "https://www.customs.govt.nz/travel-to-and-from-new-zealand/travel-by-air/on-your-arrival"
    },
    "cannabis": {
      "status": "banned",
      "headline": "Illegal drugs and cannabis utensils banned",
      "detail": "Illegal or controlled drugs are restricted or prohibited goods that must be declared. Cannabis utensils, including bongs, hash pipes and vaporisers and parts, are prohibited.",
      "source": "https://www.customs.govt.nz/personal/prohibited-and-restricted-items/"
    },
    "weapons": {
      "status": "declare",
      "headline": "Permit needed for weapons",
      "detail": "Firearms, weapons and ammunition need a permit from Firearms Safety and Education NZ or NZ Police. Restricted weapons include pepper spray, stun devices, airguns, automatic-opening knives, butterfly knives and swordsticks.",
      "source": "https://www.customs.govt.nz/personal/prohibited-and-restricted-items/"
    },
    "wildlife": {
      "status": "declare",
      "headline": "CITES permit for coral, ivory, skins",
      "detail": "Coral, clams, crocodile products, ivory, animal skins and some traditional medicines need a Department of Conservation permit. Coral, ivory and turtle shell need a CITES certificate. Declare them.",
      "source": "https://www.customs.govt.nz/personal/prohibited-and-restricted-items/"
    },
    "media": {
      "status": "banned",
      "headline": "Objectionable material is prohibited",
      "detail": "Objectionable publications, videos and games are prohibited, including sharing or downloading them online. Indecent or obscene items such as sex toys may be seized.",
      "source": "https://www.customs.govt.nz/personal/prohibited-and-restricted-items/"
    }
  },
  "gov_uk_slug": "new-zealand",
  "canada_slug": "new-zealand",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Travel to and from New Zealand (NZ Customs Service)",
      "url": "https://www.customs.govt.nz/personal/travel-to-and-from-nz/",
      "kind": "both",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "title": "Prohibited and restricted items (NZ Customs Service)",
      "url": "https://www.customs.govt.nz/personal/prohibited-and-restricted-items/",
      "kind": "both",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "title": "Border cash report (NZ Customs Service)",
      "url": "https://www.customs.govt.nz/personal/travel-to-and-from-new-zealand/border-cash-report/",
      "kind": "both",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "title": "Export prohibitions and restrictions (NZ Customs Service)",
      "url": "https://www.customs.govt.nz/business/export/export-prohibitions-and-restrictions/",
      "kind": "outbound",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "title": "Private shipments, leaving New Zealand (NZ Customs Service)",
      "url": "https://www.customs.govt.nz/travel-to-and-from-new-zealand/leaving-new-zealand/private-shipments/",
      "kind": "outbound",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "title": "CITES in New Zealand (Department of Conservation)",
      "url": "https://www.doc.govt.nz/cites",
      "kind": "both",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "title": "Taking things out of New Zealand: get a CITES permit (Department of Conservation)",
      "url": "https://www.doc.govt.nz/get-involved/apply-for-permits/all-permissions/endangered-species/permits/exporting-protected-items/",
      "kind": "outbound",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "title": "Travelling with taonga (Department of Conservation)",
      "url": "https://www.doc.govt.nz/get-involved/apply-for-permits/all-permissions/endangered-species/travelling-with-taonga/",
      "kind": "outbound",
      "lang": "en"
    },
    {
      "title": "Protected objects, export permission (Ministry for Culture and Heritage)",
      "url": "https://www.mch.govt.nz/node/90",
      "kind": "outbound",
      "lang": "en",
      "unverified": true
    }
  ],
  "outbound": {
    "cash": {
      "status": "declare",
      "headline": "Border Cash Report for NZD 10,000+",
      "detail": "Complete a Border Cash Report if you carry NZD 10,000 or more (or equivalent) out of New Zealand, including cheques, money orders and bearer bonds. Not declaring is a criminal offence and cash can be seized.",
      "source": "https://www.customs.govt.nz/personal/travel-to-and-from-new-zealand/border-cash-report/"
    },
    "duty_goods": {
      "status": "limit",
      "headline": "Natural pounamu: consent needed over 5 kg",
      "detail": "Exporting unprocessed pounamu (greenstone) over 5 kg per exporter needs the Minister of Customs' consent, after written iwi advice. Finished articles such as jewellery are excluded. Do not export before consent.",
      "source": "https://www.customs.govt.nz/business/export/export-prohibitions-and-restrictions/"
    },
    "antiquities": {
      "status": "declare",
      "headline": "Certificate of Permission for protected objects",
      "detail": "A Certificate of Permission from the Ministry for Culture and Heritage may be needed to take protected NZ objects, or artworks, crafts and taonga Maori over 50 years old, out of NZ. Items under 50 years old do not need one.",
      "source": "https://www.doc.govt.nz/get-involved/apply-for-permits/all-permissions/endangered-species/travelling-with-taonga/"
    },
    "wildlife": {
      "status": "declare",
      "headline": "DOC permit for CITES items leaving NZ",
      "detail": "Taking CITES-listed items out needs a NZ export or re-export permit, and Appendix I items need the destination's import permit first. Bird, reptile, bat or marine mammal parts may need extra DOC authorities.",
      "source": "https://www.doc.govt.nz/get-involved/apply-for-permits/all-permissions/endangered-species/permits/exporting-protected-items/"
    },
    "meds_controlled": {
      "status": "declare",
      "headline": "Controlled drugs need a Ministry of Health licence",
      "detail": "Exporting controlled drugs is prohibited under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1975 unless you hold an export licence from the Ministry of Health.",
      "source": "https://www.customs.govt.nz/business/export/export-prohibitions-and-restrictions/"
    }
  }
}