Prohibited Items

Biosecurity — auto-rejected by NZ MPI

• Fresh fruit, vegetables, plants, seeds, flowers
• Honey and beekeeping equipment
• Animal hides, fur, feathers, untreated wool, bone
• Wooden artefacts not heat-treated (ISPM-15 compliant)
• Soil-contaminated items (used boots, gardening tools)
• Eggs (any state), dairy products
• Live animals, insects, or biological samples

Food restrictions

• Meat products (raw, cooked, dried, jerky)
• Spices containing seeds (whole cumin pods etc.) — ground is OK
• Tea: loose-leaf accepted; herbal teas with whole flowers/seeds rejected
• Pickles with whole fruit — strained pickles OK

Customs prohibited

• Weapons, ammunition, replicas (including airsoft, knuckle-dusters)
• Drugs, narcotics, kava root
• Counterfeit branded goods (will be seized & destroyed)
• Tobacco, vaping liquids, e-cigarettes
• Pornographic material
• Items endangered under CITES (ivory, rhino horn, certain corals)

IP & marketplace rules

• Counterfeit branded goods are prohibited regardless of customs rules.
• Items violating active trademarks, copyrights or patents will be removed.
• If unsure, use our “Allowed in NZ?” checker before you order.

Penalties

Items refused at NZ customs are destroyed or returned to sender at the buyer's expense. Allsale will refund the product price (minus inspection and return fees) but cannot refund shipping. Repeat offenders may have their accounts suspended.