23rd April 2024 CustomsNew Zealand Customs plans to cut 79 positions in airports and ports across the country in the latest round of government staff cutbacks, says the Public Service Association.
2nd April 2024 Customs / NZTDThe digital New Zealand Traveller Declaration has been fully rolled out to air and maritime passengers arriving in New Zealand.
18th March 2024 CustomsCustoms has arrested two alleged drug couriers who tried to smuggle almost 63kg of illegal drugs across the border.
26th February 2024 Borders / CustomsUnions representing workers at the New Zealand Customs Service say the country’s border security will be put at risk by the government’s proposed cuts to frontline services.
1st November 2023 AIAL / CustomsNew Zealand Customs Service has seized almost 26kg of methamphetamine from the luggage of a person attempting to enter the country through Auckland Airport.
3rd October 2023 Customs / NZTDSeptember marked a milestone for the New Zealand Travel Declaration (NZTD), with 100,000 travellers completing the new digital form since its launch in July, according to Biosecurity New Zealand.
12th July 2023 Customs / NZTDTotal govt support for the new system tops $154m, with the border processing fee funding it from 1 July 2024.
31st May 2023 Arrivals / CustomsNew Zealand Customs has outlined how it plans to introduce the digital New Zealand Traveller Declaration and revealed details of when it will be made accessible to visitors.
18th May 2023 Borders / CustomsVisitors to New Zealand who provide false or no arrival information could face new penalties as part of changes to the Customs and Excise (Arrival Information) Amendment Bill.
28th March 2023 CustomsNew Zealand Customs Service is now offering payment plans and remitting late payments for businesses impacted by Cyclone Gabrielle.
21st November 2022 Customs / PoliceThe men attempted to smuggle 4.6 kilograms of methamphetamine through New Zealand’s border.
11th November 2022 Arrivals / CustomsThe Foreign Affairs Defence and Trade Committee is seeking public feedback on the digitisation of paper arrival cards and other requirements related to border management matters.
9th November 2022 Borders / CustomsCustoms Minister Meka Whaitiri says the online data collection will allow visitors to move seamlessly through the arrivals process.
25th October 2022 Borders / CustomsThe government will start piloting a revamped online New Zealand Traveller Declaration in early 2023, with a view to it replacing the paper arrival card by June next year.
30th March 2022 Borders / CustomsNZ Customs says the system will eventually make “processing and assessing travellers’ information faster and easier”.
8th February 2022 Borders / CustomsCustoms will pilot a new online traveller declaration system, which will collect and assess travellers’ Covid-19 health-related information.
9th June 2021 Border Levy / CustomsTIA says now is not the time to increase border levies on travellers.
30th March 2021 Campaigns / CustomsNZ Customs wants you! To report on suspicious activities at beaches, marinas, ports and freight areas.
19th August 2020 Cruise / CustomsNZ Customs is reviewing the New South Wales Special Commission of Inquiry into the Ruby Princess.
17th January 2020 Airports / CustomsA 40-year-old man has appeared in the Manukau District Court after customs investigators at Auckland Airport found child sexual abuse images and videos on his phone.
31st October 2019 Arrivals / CustomsSouth Korea has been added to the list of eligible visitor countries able to take advantage of eGate access when arriving into the country.
20th September 2019 Arrivals / CustomsJapan has been added to the list of visitor countries eligible to use eGate access when arriving in New Zealand.
8th November 2018 Cruise / CustomsCustoms has removed enroute processing and reduced the arrival processing time for cruise ship passengers travelling from Australia to New Zealand.
28th February 2018 CustomsCustoms processed nearly three-and-a-half million passengers through eGate facilities and counters at airports in a record summer operation.
2nd February 2018 Customs / IVL / MPICustoms NZ and the Ministry of Primary Industries are planning to slash the Border Clearance Levy citing the country’s booming tourism sector.
18th December 2017 CustomsTravellers from France, Germany, Ireland and the Netherlands now have the green light to use the Customs eGates (formerly known as SmartGate) from today.
14th November 2017 CustomsA new biosecurity x-ray machine targeting hand baggage carried by international air passengers will be trialled at Auckland Airport this summer.
