Open 24/7 for NZ customs & MPI clearance: nights, weekends & holidays. Text 021 807 814 or email info@cusmode.co.nz
Cusmode Customs Brokers
Australia → New Zealand

Exporting from Australia to New Zealand? We look after the NZ side.

Cusmode Customs Brokers are licensed New Zealand customs brokers. We handle NZ Customs and MPI biosecurity clearance for Australian exporters, freight forwarders and people moving to New Zealand, at every NZ seaport and international airport, 24/7.

What we clear into New Zealand

Send it from anywhere in Australia. We take over when it reaches New Zealand.

Commercial exports

Sea freight (FCL & LCL), air freight and larger courier shipments sent by Australian businesses to NZ buyers.

Food & MPI-regulated goods

Food, plant and animal products, timber and packaging that need MPI biosecurity checks. We work through the requirements with you before the goods ship.

Moving to New Zealand

Personal effects and household goods for Australians and returning Kiwis relocating to NZ.

Cars & machinery

NZ customs and biosecurity clearance for vehicles and machinery shipped from Australia, including cleanliness and inspection requirements.

Duty, GST & origin

Tariff classification, NZ GST and duty, and preferential (duty-free) treatment for Australian-origin goods where the trade agreement rules are met.

NZ client codes

Your NZ buyer needs a Customs client code? We can apply for them, with same-day submission.

Any port. Any airport. Anywhere in New Zealand.

Entries are lodged electronically, so we clear your goods wherever they arrive in NZ.

Seaports

  • Auckland & Northport (Whangārei)
  • Tauranga & Napier
  • New Plymouth & Nelson
  • Wellington (CentrePort)
  • Lyttelton (Christchurch) & Timaru
  • Port Chalmers (Dunedin) & Bluff

International airports

  • Auckland
  • Wellington
  • Christchurch
  • Queenstown
  • Dunedin

24/7 clearance

  • Nights, weekends and public holidays
  • Urgent and after-hours jobs
  • Goods held at the NZ border? Text us now

How it works

Simple for you and your NZ customer.

Send the documents

Commercial invoice, packing list, and the bill of lading or air waybill, before or as the goods ship.

We check everything

NZ tariff, duty, GST and MPI requirements, and we flag any problems early.

We lodge the NZ entry

Customs and biosecurity entries lodged through New Zealand's Trade Single Window.

Cleared & released

Goods released in NZ to your forwarder or carrier for delivery to your customer.

About Cusmode Customs Brokers AU: our application for an Australian customs broker licence is in progress. Until it is approved we do not provide Australian customs broking or clearance. The services on this page are New Zealand customs and biosecurity clearance, carried out by licensed customs brokers at Cusmode Customs Brokers in New Zealand. Want to hear when Australian services start? Register your interest.

Shipping to New Zealand soon?

Send us your documents or a quick message. A licensed NZ customs broker will reply the same day.