Goods Across Borders · Customs rule card
Tattoo Equipment → New Zealand
Purpose: Traveling · Verified: 2026-07-25
ALLOWED
No specific restrictions for personal tattoo equipment
Details
No specific restrictions for personal tattoo equipment. In the reverse direction (taking tattoo equipment out of New Zealand): allowed — Personal tattoo equipment may be exported from New Zealand freely at personal-use quantities.
Quantity limit
Personal use
Leaving with this item
Personal tattoo equipment may be exported from New Zealand freely at personal-use quantities.
Practical advice
Personal-use single tattoo machine clears. Commercial / professional shipments need destination health-department approval.
Customs authority
New Zealand Customs Service (NZCS) · https://www.customs.govt.nz