NZ Warning: long customs delays
Hi,
Just to let anybody know who is thinking of shipping their bike(s) to NZ: customs took one week to process the nightmarish paperwork, almost beating the record set by Indian customs in 1988. Meanwhile, AirNZ Cargo charged us storage. We even hired a customs agent, thinking it would go quicker.
On a bright note, AirNZ voluntarily halved their storage fees when I told them what happened and we bargained the agent down. Then customs forgot to charge us tax on one of the bikes... You win some and you loose some...
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