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Customs Information
New Zealand
- CUSTOMER MUST BE IN THE COUNTRY AT THE TIME OF CUSTOMS CLEARANCE
- Used household goods (including furniture and electrical appliances) and personal effects are duty-free provided:
- The customer intends to be a permanent resident
- The customer has lived outside New Zealand for 21 months and has owned and used the goods prior to departure to New Zealand
- Goods are for their own personal use
- If shipments are forwarded to New Zealand prior to customer's arrival, Customs will require a SIGHT ENTRY. Customs will inspect the shipment and require a Customs duty deposit on the insured value, until customer can provided proof of entry to New Zealand , at which time the deposit will be refunded.
Importation of household goods from deceased estates will be accepted free of duty provided a copy of the Death Certificate and Will are provided
- Fumigation of shipment may be required
- Charges for this service will be for the Customer's account
- Shipments may require inspection by Quarantine however; this requirement is only made known during the clearance procedure.
| Transportation |
New Zealand |
| Railways: |
total: 3,898 km
narrow gauge: 3,898 km 1.067-m gauge (506 km electrified) (2004) |
| Highways: |
total: 92,382 km
paved: 59,124 km (including at least 169 km of expressways)
unpaved: 33,258 km (2002) |
| Waterways: |
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| Pipelines: |
gas 2,213 km; liquid petroleum gas 79 km; oil 160 km; refined products 304 km (2004) |
| Ports and Harbors: |
Auckland , Lyttelton, Tauranga, Wellington , Whangarei |
| Merchant Marine: |
total: 13 ships (1,000 GRT or over) 77,523 GRT/108,352 DWT
by type: cargo 3, passenger/cargo 4, petroleum tanker 2, roll on/roll off 1, bulk carrier 3
foreign-owned: 2 ( Germany 1, Isle of Man 1)
registered in other countries: 5 (2005) |
| Airports: |
116 (2004 est.) |
Airports -
with paved runways: |
total: 46
over 3,047 m: 2
2,438 to 3,047 m: 1
1,524 to 2,437 m: 11
914 to 1,523 m: 27
under 914 m: 5 (2004 est.) |
Airports -
with unpaved runways: |
total: 70
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2
914 to 1,523 m: 29
under 914 m: 39 (2004 est.) |
| Heliports: |
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| Geography |
New Zealand |
| Location: |
Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, southeast of Australia |
| Geographic Coordinates: |
41 00 S, 174 00 E |
| Map References: |
Oceania |
| Area: |
total: 268,680 sq km
land: 268,021 sq km
water: NA
note: includes Antipodes Islands , Auckland Islands , Bounty Islands , Campbell Island , Chatham Islands, and Kermadec Islands |
| Area Comparative: |
about the size of Colorado |
| Land Boundaries: |
0 km |
| Coastline: |
15,134 km |
| Maritime Claims: |
territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin |
| Climate: |
temperate with sharp regional contrasts |
| Terrain: |
predominately mountainous with some large coastal plains |
| Elevation Extremes: |
lowest point: Pacific Ocean 0 m
highest point: Aoraki-Mount Cook 3,754 m |
| Natural Resources: |
natural gas, iron ore, sand, coal, timber, hydropower, gold, limestone |
| Land Use: |
arable land: 5.6%
permanent crops: 6.99%
other: 87.41% (2001) |
| Irrigated Land: |
2,850 sq km (1998 est.) |
| Natural Hazards: |
earthquakes are common, though usually not severe; volcanic activity |
| Environment - current issues: |
deforestation; soil erosion; native flora and fauna hard-hit by species introduced from outside |
| Environment - international agreements: |
party to: Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: Antarctic Seals, Marine Life Conservation |
| Geography - Note: |
about 80% of the population lives in cities; Wellington is the southernmost national capital in the world |
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