Originally Posted by
IanW99
It's all quite complicated, see
Customs Charges for actual details.
It certainly more than NZ$50 worth of goods.
The point to note is that as long as the total charge is less than NZ$50 then it is waived.
Ian
Thanks for the link. I'm reading it as saying that if your customs charges are less than $50, they don't bother collecting it. So if you would otherwise owe12.5% GST, you'd have to be importing over NZ$400 worth of goods for them to actually charge you.
I recently ordered a couple books from Amazon in the U.S. Shipping is actually fairly expensive ($US15 for $US25 worth of books), but I think it's still cheaper than trying to buy books in the shops here.