New Zealand

Service Summary

Carrier

Type of Service

Weight Range

Delivery Guidelines

Delivery Attempts

Incoterms

Email

SMS

Card

Books

Media

Goods

Delivery Notification

Goods Permitted

Delivery Type:
Home delivery
Returns:
Parcels are held locally for 10 days following unsuccessful delivery, before being returned to sender
Key Notes:
Shippers with an annual turnover of $60,000 NZD or more per year must be registered with New Zealand’s Inland Revenue Department – IRD – and be declaring their IRD number on the customs manifest along with an indicator to confirm payment has been made.  See ‘Additional Notes’ below for more details

Additional Notes:

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Items routed direct from UK LHR > NZ
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New Zealand Post’s local delivery timings are 1-3 working days – (plus transit, UK > NZ)
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Delivery expectation is 5-9 working days in total
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MHI can provide weekly Tracking Reports showing delivery metrics (example available)
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New Zealand Post will make 1 delivery attempt initially.  If the initial delivery is unsuccessful, recipients will be notified via a “Parcel For You” card.  This card will include the option for recipients to arrange another delivery
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Alternatively, and/or after a maximum a delivery of 2 delivery attempts, recipients can arrange to collect the parcel from their local pick-up point.  The “Parcel For You” delivery card will include the collection point address, opening hours etc, and collection/re-delivery instructions.  This includes items that are too big for letterboxes
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Please find an example of the delivery notification card as follows: https://support.nzpost.co.nz/s/article/We-have-a-Parcel-For-You?language=en_US
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Email and SMS delivery notifications will be available soon (est. April 2022)
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Email notifications will be available FOC
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SMS  notifications would be available at an additional cost NZD 0.125c per SMS message sent – (Circa £0.065 GBP based on current EXR)

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