Free import
• For travelers aged 18 or older: 50 cigarettes or 50 g of tobacco.
• For travelers aged 18 or older: 3 bottles of spirits up to 3.5 L in total, or wine up to 3 L.
• For travelers aged 18 or older: beer in cans, up to 8 L.
• Duty-free alcohol within these limits can also be bought on arrival at the airport.
• Personal baggage and effects accompanying you, not intended for sale or exchange.
Currency
• There is no limit on the amount of local (New Zealand dollar, NZD) or foreign currency you may bring in.
• Cash and bearer negotiable instruments (such as bills of exchange or promissory notes) of more than NZD 10,000 (or the equivalent in other currencies) must be reported in writing to a customs officer on arrival. Failure to report is an offence.
Prohibited
• Illegal drugs
• Beer in glass bottles (it will be confiscated on arrival)
• Home-grown vegetables, fruit and herbs, honey and free-range eggs
• Indecent documents and articles
• Counterfeit coins and banknotes
• Goods made by prison labour
• Matches made with white phosphorus
Restricted
• All food must be declared to biosecurity on arrival. Meat and meat products should be bought from a butcher or supermarket; keep the receipts. Any item that is a biosecurity risk will be destroyed.
• Every arriving passenger must complete an arrival declaration, and biosecurity officers may search your baggage.
• Live animals, plants and other regulated items may need an import permit from the Niue Biosecurity Authority. Check before you travel.
• Firearms and ammunition may be brought in only with an import permit from the Arms Officer.
• Goods above the duty-free allowances and anything that may be prohibited or dutiable must be declared.