Eligibility
Concessionary entry for motor vehicles is available to persons who have arrived in New Zealand and on the date the motor vehicle is imported, hold a document authorising residence in New Zealand after living overseas for 21 months or more.
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Conditions
In order to qualify for concessionary entry, the following conditions must be met in full:
You have arrived in New Zealand and on the date the motor vehicle is imported you hold a document authorising permanent residence in New Zealand; and
For the whole of the period of 21 months preceding your arrival, you have resided outside or have been domiciled outside New Zealand. Brief holidays or exploratory visits do not exclude a person from qualifying for this concession; and
You have personally owned and used the vehicle for at least one year before the date of your departure for New Zealand, or the date on which the vehicle is surrendered for shipping, whichever is earlier; and
The vehicle is being imported for your own personal use and not for sale, gift or disposal in any other way; and
You give a concession reference 80 undertaking.