Import cars from New Zealand

You can import a car from New Zealand, including ex-Japan cars that have already passed New Zealand's entry certification. Our New Zealand team checks each car's registration and odometer history, inspects it before your money moves and ships it to your port on one all-in landed price.

Get your landed quote Our New Zealand team

What you get when you import a car from New Zealand with us

Importing a car from New Zealand at a glance
Drive side	Right-hand drive
Where we buy	Dealer stock and fleet disposals
History check	Registration and odometer history, plus the entry-certification file on ex-Japan cars
Export ports	Auckland, Tauranga, Lyttelton
Typical sea transit	Roughly 2–3 weeks to Australia and the Pacific, 5–8 weeks further afield
Where we ship	Australia, the Pacific islands, South-East Asia, eastern and southern Africa, and the United Kingdom

Import your car from New Zealand in five steps

Tell us the car and your country
Send the make, model, year and budget, and the country it is going to. We confirm that country's import rules — age limit, drive side, any pre-shipment inspection — before anything is bought.
We find it in New Zealand
Our New Zealand team works dealer stock and fleet disposals, and reads each car's entry-certification file, registration and odometer history before it reaches your shortlist.
We inspect it before you pay
Every car gets the same multi-point physical inspection from our own team, whichever country it is bought in — engine, transmission, underbody, electronics, bodywork and interior — photographed and sent to you before your payment is released. If it does not match the description you approved, it does not ship, and you are not charged. Every electric or plug-in hybrid also gets a battery state-of-health test.
We clear it for export and ship it
Our New Zealand team prepares the export documents, and the car sails from Auckland, Tauranga and Lyttelton under marine insurance, with tracking updates until it reaches your port.
You receive it at your port
The car arrives at your port with its full document pack. We support your customs clearance; the import entry and registration are made in your name.

Researching first? Read our guide, How to Import a Car From New Zealand.

Your landed quote covers five costs

We add them up into one all-in figure to your port before you commit, so you decide on the real number. Duty and taxes depend on your own country, so we calculate them for yours.

The car's purchase price in New Zealand
Export costs in New Zealand: inspection, deregistration and export paperwork
Sea freight from Auckland, Tauranga and Lyttelton to your port, and marine insurance
Your country's import duty and taxes — calculated in your quote, paid in your name
Port and clearance charges when the car arrives

Read the full breakdown: What It Costs to Import a Car From New Zealand

The documents that come with a car from New Zealand

Our New Zealand team prepares the export side; you receive the whole pack before the car arrives, ready for your clearance agent.

Deregistration
Proof of ownership
Customs export documentation
Biosecurity cleaning record where your country requires one
Bill of lading
Commercial invoice
Marine insurance certificate

Cars people commonly import from New Zealand

Choose one to start your inquiry with it filled in, or tell us any other car in the form.

You deal directly with our own team in New Zealand

Providence Auto New Zealand

Address: Full address available on request — ask the team when you enquire.
Phone: +44 208 004 3000Group line — routed to the New Zealand team
Email: [email protected]

What our New Zealand team does

Finding ex-Japan and NZ-new cars through dealers and fleet disposals
Entry-certification file review and physical inspection
Battery state-of-health testing on electric and plug-in vehicles
Deregistration, export clearance and Pacific freight coordination

Tell us the car you want to import from New Zealand

One all-in landed price to your port, quoted before you commit.

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Your questions about importing a car from New Zealand, answered

Can I import a car from New Zealand?

Yes. You choose the car, and our own team in New Zealand finds it, inspects it before your money moves, clears it for export and ships it to your port. Whether it can be registered is set by your own country — its age limit, drive side and inspection rules — and we confirm those before anything is bought.

How do I get a quote to import a car from New Zealand?

Send the make, model, year and your country through the form on this page. A named consultant replies with one all-in landed price to your port — the car, export costs in New Zealand, freight, marine insurance and your country's import charges — before you commit to anything.

Do I pay before the car is inspected?

No. Our own team inspects the car first and sends you the photographs and report. Your payment is released only once the car is confirmed, inspected and cleared for shipment; if it does not match what you approved, it does not ship and you are not charged.

How long does it take to ship a car from New Zealand?

Sea transit from Auckland, Tauranga and Lyttelton is roughly 2–3 weeks to Australia and the Pacific, 5–8 weeks further afield. Allow time before that to find and inspect the right car and prepare the export paperwork. Your consultant gives you the sailing date and tracking updates once the car is booked on a vessel.

Do you deliver the car to my door?

We ship it to your port rather than your door — CNF, in every market. When it arrives you have the full document pack and our support through customs clearance; the import entry and registration are made in your name, and the last leg from the port is yours to arrange.

Will I get a battery report on a used EV from New Zealand?

Yes. Every electric or plug-in hybrid we buy in New Zealand gets a battery state-of-health test, and you receive the reading with the inspection report before your payment is released. We do not export an EV without one.