Thread: import from USA

USPS

USPS hands the goods over to NZ Post once they enter the country. I've checked with NZ Post and they will not accept firearms/parts in their network even before they enter NZ, so you can't just get it sent to NZ by USPS and then handed over to a domestic courier that is fine with firearms. If you've been shipping via this method then you're lucky not to have been pulled up on it. "There are also penalties for sending Prohibited items under the Postal Services Act 1998, the Civil Aviation Act 1990 and other legislation", so you could actually get into legal trouble as well as losing your goods. Like I said, over a certain cost threshold = brokerage required = high chance of being stung.

Anyone have any info on other carriers like Fedex? Their website says that firearms are prohibited, but obviously there must be someone, somewhere who is willing to carry them or it would be virtually impossible to get guns to NZ.

Originally Posted by RampantSprouts

USPS hands the goods over to NZ Post once they enter the country. I've checked with NZ Post and they will not accept firearms/parts in their network even before they enter NZ, so you can't just get it sent to NZ by USPS and then handed over to a domestic courier that is fine with firearms. If you've been shipping via this method then you're lucky not to have been pulled up on it.

Thousands of people ship via this method. Customs and NZ Post know what’s in the parcels. Never heard of there being any issues.