Send a parcel to New Zealand Island Territories

(Delivery to Cook Islands and Tokelau Islands)

Delivery zone 11

At Parcelforce Worldwide we have the experience and expertise to offer parcel delivery services that reach over 99% of the world’s population. 

Shipping from the UK to New Zealand Island Territories

When you send a parcel abroad, you need an international courier you can trust.

We can help make the process easier by guiding you through the restrictions, customs charges and drop off options for each and every country.

You can choose to book online, by phone or in person and we will collect from your door or you can drop off at any of our depots and over 11,000 Post Office® branches across the country. Our range of international services offer the perfect balance of speed and price for every parcel delivery and most services even include insurance as standard. When it comes to parcel delivery, we deliver.

New Zealand Island Territories is in Delivery Zone 11.

Understand delivery zones

Our parcel delivery services 

Service Area Delivery (Working Days) PO Box Max Weight Max Length Length & Girth
globalexpress Documents From 8 days No 30kg 1.5m 3m
globalexpress Packages From 8 days No 30kg 1.5m 3m
globalpriority ROW AREA 1 8 days Yes 20kg 1.5m 3m
globalpriority ROW AREA 2 10 days Yes 20kg 1.5m 3m

Important information for senders

 

Customs, Prohibitions and Restrictions

  • Exporting to New Zealand Island Territories requires customs paperwork for most items 
  • In order to check that your items are not prohibited or restricted, please check our dedicated page here 

This is for information only and should not be considered to have legal basis. Where doubt exists appropriate legal advice should be sought.

 

Bank Holidays & Non-Working Days

  • Bank Holidays for this year in New Zealand Island Territories can be found as follows; 

  • Typical Non-Working Days across New Zealand Island Territories are: Saturday and Sunday

 

Postcode Areas (globalpriority ROW)

  • New Zealand Island Territories have two speeds currently 

    • Cook Islands - Rarotonga (Capital) 
    • Remainder of Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau and Chatham Islands 

 

Definition of New Zealand Island Territories 

  • New Zealand Island Territories consists of a number of territories some of which have a currently active service 

 

Territory Name Status Parcelforce Service Exists Services for Account customers
Cook Islands  Free Associated State of New Zealand  Yes

globalexpress 

globalpriority ROW 

Chatham Islands Special Territory Authority of New Zealand No None
Tokelau Non-Self Governing Territory of New Zealand Yes

globalpriority ROW 

(Routed via NZ Post - South Pacific - Zone B) 

Kermadec, Three Kings and Subantarctic Islands and Ross Dependency (Antarctica)  Outlying Islands outside of any regional authority  No None

 

General Advice
  • In order to ensure a delivery on time, please ensure that your parcel has the full, correct address, an email address in the correct format and a mobile or landline number for the intended recipient. This will help the delivery partner to ensure the parcel is delivered correct first time. This should be clearly marked on the parcel.   
  • Please note when sending to one of these destinations they will appear as individual destinations on our shipping solutions.
  • Timescales shown above do not include delays caused by destination country customs processes. Please be aware that customs could add additional time to your parcel delivery. 

 

Product Specific Advice
  • The definition of 'working days' and other important information can be found here

 

    globalexpress parcels

  • To avoid delivery / customs issues, our carrier partners request that a full name is mandatory for globalexpress parcels (e.g. Mr John Smith)
  • globalexpress transit times are based upon collection times, sender and recipient locations.