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Customs Administration: Name: New Zealand Customs Service
Street Address:

The Customhouse

17-21 Whitmore Street

Wellington
Postal Address:

PO Box 2218

Wellington 6001

New Zealand
 
Head of Administration: Name: Mr Martyn Dunne
Title: Chief Executive Officer (Comptroller)
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Fax:  
E-mail:  
 
Officers responsible for international contact: - Primary Contact
Name: Mr John Houghton
Title: Pacific Islands Liaison Officer
Tel: (64) 4 462 0190
Fax: (64) 4 472 3886
E-mail: John.HOUGHTON@customs.govt.nz
 
Officers responsible for international contact: - Secondary contact Name:  
Title:  
Tel:  
Fax:  
E-mail:  
 
Web Address: www.customs.govt.nz
 
Location of Headquarters and regional offices:

Headquarters (‘Corporate Office’) located in Wellington.

Major regional offices in Auckland, Wellington and
Christchurch
plus nine smaller offices.

Overseas representatives in Bangkok, Beijing, Brussels,
Canberra and Washington.

 
Major Functions:  The New Zealand Customs Service facilitates the movement
of people, craft and goods across the border and protects
New Zealand’s border and revenue, so that New Zealanders
can benefit from participating in international trade and travel
while being protected from the potential risks that go with that.
This role involves both the facilitation of legitimate trade and travel
and enforcement of the law to ensure that illicit goods or people
do not enter or leave New Zealand.
 
Main priorities and challenges:
  • Advance integration of trans-Tasman border clearance
  • Develop and implement the Joint Border Management System and trade single window
  • Increase in interceptions of illicit drugs and precursor materials entering New Zealand.

We will also focus on four other priorities over the next three years, recognising these are also important areas to the Government:

  • Collect due Crown revenue
  • Support New Zealand’s free trade negotiations
  • Increase international collaboration to ensure market access and reduce compliance costs for New Zealand traders
  • Improve service delivery and cost-effectiveness at the border