🇳🇿 Importing a vehicle into New Zealand
Vehicles must pass entry certification including frontal-impact + emissions. Specialist NZ rule: imported vehicles must have either NZ Approved Component or borderline reasonable equivalent.
Headline rules
- Age limit
- None
- Emission standard
- Frontal Impact + emissions
- RHD allowed
- Yes
- Personal-import allowance
- Must meet entry-certification standards
Last verified 2026-04-28.