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What can you not take into New Zealand?
Risky items include:
- food.
- fruit, vegetables, meat, fish, poultry, honey, ingredients used in cooking, and all dairy products.
- alive or dead plants and seeds.
- wooden items.
- alive or dead animals.
- alive or dead animal products.
- traditional/herbal medicines.
- any shoes, sports or outdoor equipment you’ve used.
Can I bring food into NZ?
The golden rule is to declare all foodstuffs. Be aware that there is a large supermarket on the way out of the airport where you could get everything you need and save yourself the trouble of having to bring food with you.
Can you take chocolate into NZ?
The question on the arrival card is “Are you bringing into NZ any food, including: cooked, uncooked, fresh, preserved, packaged or dried? Chocolate fits into 2 of these categories so the answer should be “YES”. You are permitted to bring in chocolate, along with quite a large number of other food items.
What food items can be sent to New Zealand?
As an island nation, New Zealand is strict about what goods it lets into the country. Food items are allowed in as long as they are non-perishable, ambient and sealed in manufacturers’ packaging. So chocolate, sweets, biscuits, crisps, snacks and most other goodies that go into our Gift Boxes are fine to send.
Can I take cheese to New Zealand?
plants or flowers. traditional or herbal medicines. fresh foods, including meat, fruit and vegetables. some packaged food, including some kinds of cheese.
Can I mail food to New Zealand?
Mail that may contain risk goods like food, souvenirs or seeds, will be opened and examined and may be detained at the border to ensure compliance with New Zealand’s biosecurity requirements. If your mail item is held because it poses a biosecurity risk, you should get a letter from MPI explaining your options.
Can I bring cheese into NZ?
The food items that you definitely can’t bring into New Zealand are fresh fruit and vegetables, fresh meat or fish and honey or bee products. Luckily, cheese isn’t in this category — and this might come as a surprise to some.
Can you bring cheese into NZ?
Can I send tea in the mail?
USPS First Class Package is By Far the Cheapest Way to Ship Tea. Therefore, the cheapest way to send boxes of tea is to use USPS First Class Package Service. First Class Package is one of the US Postal Service’s most popular shipping services, designated for lightweight packages under 1 lb (or 15.99 ounces).
Can you get Bovril in New Zealand?
Find Bovril products online and buy from the best online shops in New Zealand.
Can you bring spices into NZ?
All food items brought into New Zealand, even the smallest amounts and ingredients for cooking, need to be declared. Food items include: seeds for human consumption and for processing into food. nuts, spices, herbs, and un-popped popcorn.
Can I send tea to New Zealand?
If you are mailing tea to NZ, it will be opened by customs and I’ve had some teas randomly confiscated (or say they objected to an ingredient in the tea and you would need to pay to have it treated – this only happened to me once with citrus peel).
Can I bring tea bags into the UK?
Ye you can bring your tea bags with you. Declare them as food on arrival and when the Quarantine person asks what food you have tell them and you will be on your way.
What if I’m not sure what to bring to New Zealand?
If you’re not sure about something, either don’t bring it, or do bring it and DECLARE it. If you’ve got something specific you want to bring in that you’re not sure about, you could try contacting New Zealand Customs directly. Their website is www.customs.govt.nz.
What tea does not need to be refrigerated?
Green tea, earl grey, English breakfast, chamomile, kombucha tea, herbal tea, rose petal tea. It is dried and does not contain citrus leaves, or citrus peel. If it contains honey powder it must also be commercially manufactured and packaged, in its original unopened packaging, and it does not require refrigeration.