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What you must declare
Your New Zealand Traveller Declaration (NZTD) has a list of the items you must declare. Be sure to declare any of the following items:
- fruit and vegetables
- plants and plant products
- animal products including fresh (uncooked meat or fish)
- honey and bee products (including tonics with honey such as Chyawanprash, or Panchamirtham mixtures containing honey)
- flowers and seeds
- sweets and wafers
- food and cooking ingredients
- used outdoor equipment.
If you are unsure whether an item is allowed into New Zealand, declare it on the New Zealand Traveller Declaration. Border staff will then check what you have – many items may still be allowed into the country. Doing the right thing will save you at least a $400 fine for not declaring.
You can also dispose of your items which may pose biosecurity risks in the Biosecurity Bins upon arrival if you don’t want to have them inspected.
Find out more about these types of risk items
Completing your New Zealand Traveller Declaration
All travellers entering New Zealand must complete the New Zealand Traveller Declaration. It is free to complete the declaration on the official NZTD website or the NZTD app.
New Zealand Traveller Declaration
The traveller declaration contains questions about what biosecurity risk items you are bringing to New Zealand. You must declare the items you're bringing into the country. This helps us check whether these items pose a threat to New Zealand. If we find that you have undeclared biosecurity items, you will be fined at least $400.
Learn more about the New Zealand Traveller Declaration
Copies of the NZTD paper declaration form are available to view on the New Zealand Customs Service website:
You must declare all the items you are carrying with you or in your luggage.
What happens when you declare risk items?
Many items you declare can still enter New Zealand but it will depend on the packaging and how they were processed. Our quarantine officers may need to inspect these items to make sure they are safe to enter the country.
Our biosecurity staff (quarantine officers) will assess your declared items by asking you more questions and inspecting them. Some biosecurity risk items you declare may be allowed into the country if:
- a quarantine officer is satisfied your items don’t pose a risk
- they have been treated by us at the border.
However, some items may not be allowed into the country. We may confiscate or destroy these.
If your items need to be treated, we'll send them to a private independent treatment company. You can collect these items at a later date. Treatment costs may apply.
