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Exclamation NZ Warning: long customs delays

Hi,

Just to let anybody know who is thinking of shipping their bike(s) to NZ: customs took one week to process the nightmarish paperwork, almost beating the record set by Indian customs in 1988. Meanwhile, AirNZ Cargo charged us storage. We even hired a customs agent, thinking it would go quicker.

On a bright note, AirNZ voluntarily halved their storage fees when I told them what happened and we bargained the agent down. Then customs forgot to charge us tax on one of the bikes... You win some and you loose some...
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What caused the hold-up Peter? That's prety unsual, most travelers we meet comment on how good NZ Customs were.

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"This is our busy time of the year. Make an appointment later in the week." I have imported a bike and a box of bits myself years ago, when there was still a customs office in Rotorua and it was a breeze. That, of course, has long been rationalised away. I have since heard rumblings from other people about similar delays.

As customs say on their web site: don't put belongings into your vehicle. Specifically, don't put anything unused in it, as this will require a mountain of paperwork. Clothing, etc. is ok, but you have to provide a detailed list on arrival. Difficult, if you can't look inside your box to make the list...
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How long are you going to be in NZ Peter?

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Hi Peter!

You did a propper import for the bikes? Or just temporaery import on a carnet?

Hope it's not always that bad. We're going to send our bikes next year same time...

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How long are you going to be in NZ Peter?
Su just got another 3-month permit, so deadline is 13/4. We will head for the SI soon. We still haven't decided whether we will stay in NZ or return to Thailand to live. It's cold here.

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You did a propper import for the bikes? Or just temporaery import on a carnet?
Neither: my bike is imported permanently under resident's concession. Su's bike seems in limbo, as we have no paperwork for it, only temp. reg. From what I understand we should have paid about 400$ in tax for a temp import, but customs seems to have forgotten to process it. We will have to permanently register it at some point. I think a carnet may speed up the process a little, but it seems that it was the other contents of our boxes that caused most of the grief.
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Su just got another 3-month permit, so deadline is 13/4. We will head for the SI soon. We still haven't decided whether we will stay in NZ or return to Thailand to live. It's cold here.
It will warm-up, just a bit, over the next 2-3 months Peter .. but I'm sure you're already very well aware of this.

I'd love to meet-up for a coffee or and chat about SE Asia - Thailand in particular. I will be in and around Auckland /Northland region for 10 days from Sun-28 Feb. If you're likely to be in the area at that time, then please do not hesitate to send me a PM or e-mail (keithooper@yahoo.co.uk) - maybe we can arrange something?

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