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Shipping to New Zealand: what is not allowed

Like Australia, New Zealand enforces strict biosecurity (MPI). Food, plant, and animal materials need declaration and are frequently refused.

Not accepted for New Zealand

  • Food, fruit, vegetables, seeds, and plant material without a permit
  • Honey and bee products
  • Wooden and cane items, and untreated plant material
  • Meat, dairy, and egg products
  • Soil and used items carrying soil (e.g., dirty footwear/equipment)

Allowed, with conditions

  • Packaged, sealed food — must be declared
  • Medicines — personal quantity with a prescription

Declare all food and biological items; MPI inspects incoming parcels.

GST and duty apply per New Zealand Customs thresholds.

Never accepted, wherever you are

These are refused by the airlines and by Indian export rules, so they cannot leave our warehouse for any destination.

  • Cash, currency, cheques, bullion, and loose precious stones
  • Narcotics, illegal drugs, and psychotropic substances
  • Firearms, ammunition, explosives, fireworks, and weapons (including replicas)
  • Loose lithium batteries and power banks
  • Flammable, corrosive, or pressurised goods — perfumes/deodorant sprays, aerosols, paints, thinners, fuel, gas cylinders, lighters, and matches
  • Live animals, plants, seeds, soil, and products of endangered species (CITES)
  • Pornographic, obscene, or seditious material
  • Counterfeit goods and pirated media
  • Human remains, biological samples, and infectious substances
  • Radioactive and toxic substances

If you are not sure about something, ask on WhatsApp before you order it. We would much rather answer a question than tell you a parcel is stuck.

Rules for other destinations