Bringing swords, fake guns, etc. to NZ
This is a crazy question. My son and his wife and kids are thinking of making the move to NZ. My son has dual US/NZ citizenship and earns his living as an illustrator (book covers). He does a lot of covers for the sci-fi fantasy young adult market so has a large collection of props and clothing that he needs for his covers, including swords, knives and fake guns. None of these items are real weapons. Does anyone have any experience in bringing these sort of things into NZ? NZ has such a large movie industry, I can't imagine that there's not an allowance for this sort of thing. Thought I'd ask here before calling customs. Thanks!
Edited to add: After posting this, I called customs. I forget I'm back in NZ where real people answer the telephone and you're not on hold for hours. I spoke with customs - no problems on bringing these items to NZ but she said to double-check with the local police as they have the final say.
Leaving this post here in case someone else has a similar question.