🇳🇿 New Zealand · FOOD ENTRY
Can I bring fresh fruit into New Zealand?
Fresh fruit is not allowed in personal travel baggage.
Personal travel baggage. Mail and commercial imports require separate checks.
Last checked · Official sources
Before you pack
- Applies to fresh fruit such as apples and bananas
Use the separate dried or processed fruit guidance.
Leave this item out of your baggage and buy it after arrival.
Which products does this cover?
Include fruit left from an inflight meal or an airport purchase.
You can find this guide using: fruit · fresh fruit · apple · banana.
Check your actual package
- Exact ingredients and manufacturing origin
- Processing, original packaging and storage label
New Zealand food declaration
Declare all food, including small snacks, in your NZTD and present it for biosecurity checks on arrival.
New Zealand Traveller Declaration (NZTD) ↗Common questions
Can I bring fresh fruit into New Zealand?
Fresh fruit is not allowed in personal travel baggage. Applies to fresh fruit such as apples and bananas
Do I need to declare fresh fruit?
△ Declare. Declare all food, including small snacks, in your NZTD and present it for biosecurity checks on arrival.
Does putting it in checked baggage change food-entry rules?
Food-entry checks still apply to baggage entering the country. Follow the conditions above; airline and airport-security baggage rules are a separate check.
What distinction matters for this food?
Use the separate dried or processed fruit guidance.
Official rule & review date
Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI)
Check official rules ↗MPI — What food you can bring to NZLast checked: 2026.10.03
Entry rules can depend on ingredients, origin, processing and current biosecurity conditions. The destination authority makes the final decision.