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Eleven More Countries And Territories Now Eligible To Use EGates
Monday, 13 October 2025, 11:24 am | New Zealand Customs Service
Customs Group Manager Border Operations, Dana McDonald, says these changes help ensure more international travellers enjoy a self-service route through arrivals and departures at New Zealand airports. More >>
International Cooperation Disrupts Global Drug Trafficking Syndicate
Monday, 22 September 2025, 4:21 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
Using the intelligence provided by the CNB, New Zealand Customs was able to intercept two drug-laden parcels in April 2025 and June 2025, seizing a total of 10 kilograms of methamphetamine. More >>
International Mail Used To Smuggle Drugs To Waihi, Whangarei, Lower Hutt And Auckland
Wednesday, 17 September 2025, 10:34 am | New Zealand Customs Service
Between November 2024 and April 2025, Customs identified the attempted import of 25 packages containing approximately 28.3 kilograms of methamphetamine, as well as pseudoephedrine, a precursor to methamphetamine, being sent to addresses in New Zealand ... More >>
Customs Arrests Man Following Investigation Into Kamini Pills
Tuesday, 16 September 2025, 11:00 am | New Zealand Customs Service
Analysis by New Zealand Institute for Public Health and Forensic Science (PHF Science) certified the pills as kamini, which contained class B and C controlled drugs. More >>
New Customs Arrangement To Boost Business With Key Export Market
Wednesday, 10 September 2025, 1:59 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
Chief Executive and Comptroller of New Zealand Customs Christine Stevenson said this is another step forward in New Zealand’s trade relationship with a key partner in the Indo-Pacific region. More >>
Customs Makes Arrest After Seizing 927,000 Cigarettes
Tuesday, 26 August 2025, 1:39 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
Customs arrested the defendant on Monday 25 August following search warrants conducted with assistance from New Zealand Police at a range of Auckland addresses, including storage facilities and residences. More >>
Marking International Dog Day With A Celebrated Partnership
Tuesday, 26 August 2025, 10:26 am | New Zealand Customs Service
Today, 26 August, is recognised globally as International Dog Day. Customs proudly joins fellow border and enforcement agencies worldwide in recognising the invaluable contribution our detector dogs make to protecting our borders and communities from ... More >>
Destined For Protecting New Zealand’s Borders: Four New Detector Dog Teams Graduate
Thursday, 7 August 2025, 4:45 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
Customs Group Manager Intelligence, Investigations and Enforcement, Terry Brown, said Customs’ detector dog teams have a vital role in keeping New Zealand’s borders safe. More >>
Customs Seizes 60.3 Kilograms Of Methamphetamine At Auckland International Airport
Friday, 18 July 2025, 12:21 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
The two duffle bags, which arrived on a flight from Malaysia, were identified by Customs officers undertaking routine screening of incoming passengers and baggage. The bags contained approximately 30 kilograms and 30.3 kilograms of the drug, respectively. More >>
Welcoming Closer Ties With Singapore
Friday, 11 July 2025, 10:48 am | New Zealand Customs Service
Led by Deputy Commissioner (Operations) Mr. Hsu Sin Yun, the delegation’s visit to New Zealand (7-11 July 2025) was centred on the use of technology to enhance border security, with a focus on fast freight and cargo-related operations. More >>
Customs Seizes 150 Kilograms Of Cocaine In Tauranga
Tuesday, 1 July 2025, 4:14 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
The bricks were marked with an ‘X’, the words ‘good luck’, and a coat of arms bearing the Latin phrase Custodi Civatatem Domine — meaning ‘Guard the city, O Lord’. More >>
Customs Urges Kiwi Travellers To Give Digital Declarations A Go
Tuesday, 1 July 2025, 12:13 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
Customs Manager New Zealand Traveller Declaration, Holly Stringer, says more than five million travellers have submitted a digital declaration since the option became available, and now’s a chance for more Kiwis to get onboard. More >>
Customs Seizures Pivotal In Disrupting Drug Supply In New Zealand
Thursday, 26 June 2025, 3:30 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
Customs preliminary data from January to end of May, released today, includes the three main illicit drug commodities weighing in at an estimated 976 kilograms of methamphetamine, 503 kilograms of cocaine, and 141 kilograms of MDMA or ecstasy, ... More >>
Speeding Up Customs Clearance Of Fresh Foods Exports Into China
Monday, 23 June 2025, 10:34 am | New Zealand Customs Service
The pilot was announced on 20 June 2025 by Prime Minister Christopher Luxon during his recent trade visit to China. Comptroller and Chief Executive of the New Zealand Customs Service Christine Stevenson was in Beijing to support Prime Minister Luxon's ... More >>
Checkmate By Customs Over Methamphetamine Smuggling
Tuesday, 17 June 2025, 4:13 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
Customs’ investigations linked the defendant to multiple border seizures of methamphetamine smuggled through international mail between March 2024 and April 2025 with the packages delivered to Christchurch addresses. More >>
Customs Intercepts 25 Kilograms Of Methamphetamine In Unaccompanied Bag
Monday, 16 June 2025, 6:28 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
This amount of methamphetamine has an approximate street value of NZ$7.5 million and would have caused around NZ$26 million in potential harm and cost to New Zealand. More >>
Auckland Man Sentenced For Smuggling Card-Skimming Equipment
Thursday, 5 June 2025, 9:00 am | New Zealand Customs Service
This sentencing concludes a case in which a second man, also a 21-year-old from Auckland, was sentenced in the Auckland District Court in November 2024 to 10 months’ home detention for the same charges. More >>
Customs Seizes Nearly 70 Kilograms Of Drugs At Auckland Airport
Friday, 30 May 2025, 4:28 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
The drugs were seized in two separate interceptions at Auckland International Airport overnight (Thursday 29 May 2025). More >>
130 Kilograms Of Cocaine Seized By Customs In Tauranga
Tuesday, 27 May 2025, 4:31 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
Customs urges the public and those working in the maritime environment to remain vigilant at all times. Suspicions about drug smuggling can be reported by calling 0800 WE PROTECT (0800 937 768) in confidence, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 ... More >>
Customs Opens eGates To 11 More Countries And Territories
Monday, 26 May 2025, 2:29 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
Customs has now opened its eGates to 48 countries, in total, and will later this year enable further countries to use the gates, helping make border processing systems more efficient, smart, and easy to use. More >>
