Can you bring cannabis or CBD to New Zealand?

• Cannabis

  prohibited

  NZ Customs' prohibited-and-restricted-items page explicitly bans 'cannabis utensils' (bongs, vaporisers, hash pipes) as drug paraphernalia, and does not list cannabis or CBD anywhere among the medicines a traveller may bring under the ordinary prescription-medicine or controlled-drugs provisions (which are capped at 3 months' and 1 month's supply respectively, with no cannabis-specific carve-out named). New Zealand's 2020 cannabis-legalisation referendum failed, so recreational cannabis remains illegal; Medsafe's own site (medsafe.govt.nz) was checked in this pass and surfaced no traveller-facing guidance on medicinal cannabis import either. Treat any cannabis or CBD product, including hemp-derived, as prohibited for personal import absent a specific NZ medicinal-cannabis import authorisation obtained in advance.

  Also covers: cannabis, marijuana, weed, thc, hashish, cbd, cannabidiol

  Checked 2026-09-14 — Source: New Zealand Customs Service -- Prohibited and restricted items

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Informational only — not legal advice. Customs rules change; confirm with the official source above before you travel. See update history