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Moving pets to the UK from NZ takes a little more coordination than a quick trip across the ditch to Australia. We fly pets to UK from New Zealand on a daily basis. Our team of international pet transport consultants have a few tips to help you move your pet to the United Kingdom successfully.  Moving pets to UK is easy with Pet Transport NZ! We just shipped two cats to UK from NZ called Whistler and Raz. If you want to travel on the same plane as your pet, contact a pet transport consultant in NZ before you start booking your flights overseas. You need to ensure you both arrive during the Veterinary Border Control hours at your destination airport.  Moving cats to UK is much the same as moving dogs to the UK from NZ. These cats departed from Wellington. .Before flying, your pets must undergo an examination by the Official Ministry of Primary Industries Veterinarian of NZ. Here they must obtain an MPI Health Export Certificate and a separate Animal Welfare Export Certificate. As the only Pet Transport service located at Auckland airport, moving pets to the UK is really easy with us. MPI is also based at Auckland airport and MPI Certification is simply completed on the day we fly your pet to the UK.
This is part of a series on taking pets to the UK, we hope you like it - if you do, please click like below! Have you got a specific question you would like answered, drop it in the comments below! if you have friends thinking about moving to the UK with pets, we'd love if you would consider sharing this post!
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Moving pets from NZ to Australia is so commonplace for us it often gets overlooked on our blog! Relocating pets to Australia is a simple destination for international pet travel because there are no quarantine requirements for New Zealand pets. Yes you can travel on the same flight to Australia as your pet but it will need to be a morning flight on one of the following airlines: Virgin, Air New Zealand or Qantas.. You should discuss this with your consultant prior to booking flights because your pet and their paperwork need to arrive during customs clearance business hours on the same day.  Relocating pets to Australia from NZ is a breeze with a delightful Staffy like Holly we moved to Melbourne. Moving pets from NZ to Australia with us means you can fly your pets direct to: Perth, Adelaide, Cairns, Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney and Coolangatta. Darwin and Canberra are possible with connecting flights. Hobart has no customs clearance facility for pets in Tasmania so your pets must do customs clearance at Melbourne. For any other location not listed above, you can either organise your NZ pets' onward travel from one of the main airports or use the help of one of our expert agents in Australia. Certain ports wont accept pets or large cages so please discuss with your pet transport consultant.  This delightful dog is Daisy a Golden Labrador we relocated to Sydney enjoying some office treats. Entry requirements for relocating pets to Australia: your pet must be at least 8wks, be microchipped, and within 5 days of departure be issued with a Pet Health Export Certificate. This usually involves a tick flea worm treatment 3 or 4days preflight. Vaccinations are a vet issue and their own definition of pet health. Some vets require vaccinations, some don't. Talk to your consultant if you would like a vet recommended to you or if you have lost your pet health book. If your current council registration has expired, you don't need to renew it before flying. Pet registration is not a requirement.  Milton the Ragdoll cat we moved to Melbourne - he loves his travel crate so much it stays in the living room! If you would like to go on holiday with your pets we can apply for a short-stay, 30days visa and they wont have to do a blood test to re-enter New Zealand! Win! Whether you are moving pets from NZ to Australia permanently or just popping over for a week or two, Pet Transport NZ have been moving pets to Aussie for over 50years. We know the ins and outs of Australian pet travel how to streamline the process for you. Let us help your pets travel safely with professional pet couriers both here and in Australia. We can answer any questions over the phone: 09 256 0999 or drop us an email!
If you found this post useful please consider giving us a like below or sharing it if you you think your friends might find it useful for planning travel with their pets! Thank you so much! At Pet Transport NZ, one international pet shipping client we are the most proud to have serviced for years, is the Blind Foundation; specifically, the Guide Dogs chapter. One of our senior interntaional pet travel consultants, Michael, received an award for his help in bringing a US born dog, Eudora (below right), into New Zealand this year! The Blind Foundation provide amazing services to the community and we love moving their dogs overseas.  Earlier this year we orchestrated the move of Eudora the German Shepherd from America to NZ and back again. Eudora is a world famous Guide Dog we helped fly all the way from New York to New Zealand. She shares her special skills at work by helping other Guide Dogs learn by example from an awesome assistance dog.. Even more exciting, once here, Eudora had her first successful puppy – and we couldn’t be more proud!  New Zealand offers world-renown Guide Dog training facilities in South Auckland and when we get the call that more pups need to move so they can start their lives helping others – we jump in to action! We love working with these very clever dogs and feel happy knowing we have helped new guide dogs find international fur-ever homes all over the world!
We are the only pet transporter in New Zealand that can organise return trips and import pets from overseas into NZ. It is tricky though, so it pays to get in touch early and start planning your pet travel from overseas now! We look forward to hearing from you soon. If you liked this post or think a friend might, please give us a like below! At Pet Transport NZ, we will often work with our clients, whether they be cats, dogs or humans over a period of months to get you and your pets ready for international travel. The cage fitting, the crate-training, the vaccinations is just part of the preparation work for moving overseas with pets. During this prep time we get to know you and your travelling pets personalities, likes, dislikes and behavioural issues if there are any. We love helping your international pet transport experience be a positive one!  When you invite us to help you and your pets to travel overseas from New Zealand the job doesn't end for us when your pet gets on the plane. We know your journey in a foreign land only really starts when you collect your pet at your end destination. For all the pet travel consultants, logistics coordinators and admin staff, we want to hear about your new life together. Our payoff is knowing we helped keep a fur-loving family together and played a small part in showing you a new corner of the world. The best part is when you write to us after you land to tell us about your reunion. We love hearing how your cats, dogs, kittens or puppies flying experience was and how you found them at the other end as that is the only part of the journey we are never present for. This is exactly how we want it to be for you and your pets: exciting, happy, loving cuddle times. Thank you so much to Marley the lovely Fox Terrier and her wonderful humans for letting us be part of your relocation to Stockholm, Sweden. We are grateful to all our clients and their pets for choosing us to help with your move abroad!
When we hit 10,000 followers on instagram and 11,000 fans on facebook (both @pettransportnz) we wanted to say thank you to all of you. Thanks for following our pet travels, joining our international pet courier journeys and sharing your experiences with us. We love the little online community that has formed around the pets who travel overseas with us. We hope you understand why we so passionate about our job and doing it right because for us, it's all about the pets! WINNERS - PLEASE COMMENT YOUR CONTACT DETAILS BELOW AND WE WILL BE IN TOUCH TO ARRANGE DELIVERY AFTER THE LONG WEEKEND!!! WELL DONE TO ALL WHO ENTERED!!!! Special mention to Ayla Crawford and Anika Horn, you were both equal points runner up and we have a selection of all natural NZ doggy farm treats for all your pawfect pooches!  We love how the first entry was this affectionate pic... followed by one of Anzac and River scrapping! So many cute cats! So many darling dogs! So many wonderful humans trying to win things for their precious pets! In truth, you are all winning at life so we just had to find some extra prizes for you all... CATS SPOT PRIZES Blue Cat Collar, 3 x Pack of Cat Toy Bliss Balls, Glamour Puss Slicker Brush + Organic Cat Treats Ashleigh Moat Jess Tamara Rachel Crimins and Liam Fagan  We love a cat in a top hat and bow - who doesn't?! DOGS SPOT PRIZES Blue Lead, Blue doggy poop bags, 1 x toy duck, Farm Treats Sam Richardson-Taite Catherine Hannagan Nikki Ramage  Petal's style and grace had us captivated. TRAVEL CRATE WINNERS: we literally couldn't choose! There were just too many adorable cats and dogs and puppies and kittens and the back stories and community involvement was too much to go unrewarded! So these gorgeous creatures have all won a travel crate each! Winner of a PP20 – Ann Harris Winner of a SG821 – Cassie Gibbons Winner of a PP40 – Jen Keir Winner of a PP40 – Lisa Buttunz Taylor  Lisa's entry for her gorgeous wee viking doggy had us all in stitches! But there was one cheeky grin that had us all in agreeance... drum roll please! THE GRAND PRIZE WINNER OF A PP60 - Leah Jellyman and "Koda" Congratulations to everyone who participated in the competition and well done to all the lucky pets who won! We were astounded by all the entries and we can't wait to run another competition again soon!  How good is that grin from Koda? Big dog, big smile - looks like a winner to us! WINNERS - PLEASE COMMENT YOUR CONTACT DETAILS BELOW AND WE WILL BE IN TOUCH TO ARRANGE DELIVERY AFTER THE LONG WEEKEND!!! THANK YOU TO ALL WHO ENTERED!!!!
Pet Transport NZ was pretty chuffed to hear our little bloggy woggy won an award! Ok, full disclosure we thought it was spam so we ignored it for ages but they were really persistent and eventually we checked our email to read the pet transport blog had been placed in the top 100 Feedreader Blogs.  We would like to thank everyone who has read, liked and shared our blog. We hope you find our tips useful and our journeys interesting. Biggest round of applause goes to the beautiful pets themselves who brighten our blog with their antics. We look forward to more international adventures with you!
The importance of planning international pet travel in advance, can not be stressed enough. The one who suffers most from lack of adequate travel planning is your pet. And your pocket! Future planning any overseas adventures with pets allows you time to crate train, vaccinate your pets and budget your pets' transport into the other costs of moving overseas. Your pet courier will break it down for you.  Mud is a German Shepherd puppy we moved to Hawaii, USA from Auckland, New Zealand. Your pets need time to be vaccinated and tested. If flying long haul, especially to Europe, they will likely need rabies vaccinations. Rabies vaccines take 30 days to develop antibodies in the bloodstream in cats and dogs. Then you must allow time to receive their test results which come from labs in England. All flying pets must be in tiptop health at departure or they will not be rejected by MPI.  Chelsea the Boxer X dog took the last flight to London with United Airlines before they ceased operations in NZ. Pets flying internationally from New Zealand need time to get comfortable with their IATA approved travel crate. Even if they are crate-trained or have flown overseas before, warm them up for the journey. Crate training is best done in a low pressure environment that is not time sensitive. Prevent any anxiety about cratetraining to a specific date by allowing a buffer of months not weeks.. You want to avoid any anxious associations with your crate and travel prospects entirely.  Zoe Waffles, this beautiful Black Labrador, loved flying to London in the UK earlier this month. Whilst pet transport is often more affordable than most people think, it is an unknown quantity until you request a quote. Unlike flying humans, where booking fees are standard regardless of how tall or heavy you are, booking flights for pets is not the same. The volumetric weight charge is unique to each animal; how much space they occupy in the cargo hold and how much they weigh. Once you know how much the your pet's travel tickets will cost, you can plan when and how to pay accordingly..  Daisy demonstrates she doesn't take up much space! This clever cat flew to London just before Easter. Planning in advance allows you time to prepare your pets and budget your travel with a nice time cushion, just in case vaccination goes curly or crate training takes a little longer than anticipated. Most importantly, it ensures both humans and pets have a pawsitively awsome travel experience together! Contact one of our knowledgable pet transport consultants to get your pet travel plan underway!
P.S. If you think your friends would like this too, we'd love you to share it. Thank so much, you rock! Most airlines and international pet couriers reject brachycephalic dogs and cats as a flight risk. For 50years we have been known as the only international pet transporters in NZ that can safely get your brachycephalic pets into the UK, Europe, Asia, USA, UAE, Africa, India, and Australia! We love your brachycephalic cats and dogs as much you do!  We helped fly brachycephalic dog Duffy the Pug puppy from Auckland, New Zealand to Papeete, Tahiti Airlines avoid flying snubnosed dogs and cats due to their reduced ability to regulate body temperatures and propensity for respiratory distress. In our 50years of international pet travel experience, we know snubnosed pets require greater ventilation in their travel crates to compensate for their broadhead / shortnose skull structure. We assist you with crate training to reduce anxiety induced respiratory distress.  This is Tomo a snubnosed breed of Chow Chow dog we flew from Auckland, New Zealand to Sydney, Australia. There are other safety measures to ensure successful delivery of your brachycephalic pet to your end destination, without qarantine. We plan the most direct routes possible that offer minimal temperature and humidity changes for your snubnosed pet on brachycephalic breed friendly airline carriers. To date, the most brachycephalic friendly direct route to UK or Europe was with United Airlines who will cease operations here mid April until October 30  Neopolitan Mastiff dog called Boston we couriered from Herne Bay in Auckland, New Zealand to Perth, Australia. Whilst every airline has their own list of brachycephalic dogs and cats, which they change and update regularly. Here is a comprehensive list of brachycephalic dogs and dog breeds with brachycephalic tendencies from Air New Zealand:  Brachycephalic puppy Poppy a Boston Terrier from Palmerston North, NZ we flew to Perth, Australia Affenpincher, American Bulldog, American Cocker Spaniel, American Pit Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier, Boston Terrier, Boxer, Brussels Griffon, Bulldog, Bullmastiff, Cane Corso, King Charles Spaniel, Chihuahua (apple headed), Chow Chow, Dogo Argentino, Dogue de Bordeaux, French Bulldog, Japanese Chin, Lhasa Apso, Neapolitan Mastiff, Newfoundland, Pekingese, Presa Canario, Pug, Shap-Pei, Shih Tzu and Tibetan Spaniel.  We helped fly Yiyi a snubnose Pekingese dog from Auckland New Zealand to China, Asia The Air New Zealand list of brachycephalic cats and cat breeds with brachycephalic tendencies is officially limited to Persian cats, but in practise also includes: British Shorthair cat, Burmese cat, Exotic Shorthair cat including British Blue cat, Himalayan cat, and Scottish Fold cat.  One of 4 Persian kittens we flew from Auckland, New Zealand to Noumea in the Pacific Islands As the most brachycephalic friendly airline, United Airline will shortly cease operations in New Zealand, extra planning and attention to detail will be need to fly snubnosed breeds overseas from NZ. Different flight routes will need to be planned and prices may vary depending on your destination. It will still be possible to move your snubnosed pets internationally but it will require more time. Ask us how we can help fly your brachycephalic pets overseas today to start planning your future move now.
Because Asia is one of our most popular pet transport destinations, we have a dedicated multi-lingual Asian Travel Consultant whom we affectionately call Mr. Asia. Mr. Asia's real name is Michael Yong and he fluently speaks, Mandarin, Cantonese, Taiwanese, Malay, and can converse confidently in most other Asian languages within the ASEAN region. This means he easily communicate with Asian airlines, Asian customs, Asian vets and Asian government officials throughout Asia on your behalf. Nothing gets lost in translation! Which makes booking your pet's travel to Asia a breeze.  Pre-flght picture of "Money" a Maltese dog Pet Transport NZ flew to Korea in Asia this month. One of our most senior consultants, another advantage of working with Mr Asia to get your precious pets from New Zealand to Asia, is his long standing relationships with most of the Asian airlines. He helped establish many of the viable routes available to pets travelling the NZ to Asia routes which helped open up the region to pet transporters from down under. In a nut shell, you get mates rates and discounts that other international pet couriers can not provide.  Abuju is a delightfully cuddly cat we shipped to Taipei in Asia this month- she really loved her travelcrate! The biggest and best advantage in using Mr. Asia is Michael's long-standing friendships with Asian customs brokers, airport officials, landing agents and government vets. His ability to ensure your pets wellbeing and safety in transit is built on years and years of experience and trust building on the ground. You can't replicate his in-depth understanding of local processes or first name knowledge of all the head honchos throughout the Asian Pacific and UAE region. Both in NZ and Asia, Michael is regarded as the go-to-guy for all things pet transport related.  Jacob is a Border Collie dog we helped to fly to Hong Kong from Auckland earlier this month. Whether you move your dog to Japan, cat to Taipei, kittens to Vietnam, puppies to Vietnam, litter to Thailand, farm dogs to Malaysia or show cats to China, there really is only one man for the job. Michael is supported by our team of logistics, admin, customs brokers and landing agents both here in New Zealand and on the ground in Asia to make sure your pet has happy and safe transport experience. If you are from Asia and returning home with your pet, you can discuss your need in your native tongue - just remember to ask for Mr. Yong! He is waiting for your call on 09 256 0999
We had heard of such things as the SPCA scam and pet movers or pet transport colleagues in Australia being targeted by phishing emails and other fraudulent tactics to receive credit card details. Sadly now too, scammers are attempting to leverage our good name for bad. Luckily our clients are pretty switched on and have notified us immediately! Here's an example of one such scam sent to us:  Some things to bear in mind for online safety when receiving any requests for payment online:
1. Company Letterhead / Logo: all our quotes have our address for service and NZ contact numbers. 2. Official Supporting Documentation: invoices, receipts, banknotes, links to official social sites etc. 3. Company Consultant: Pet Transport NZ consultants provide full name, email and contact number. 4. Prior Notification: any payment requests should come directly by phone call or email first. 5. Post Confirmation: any payments requests sent should be followed up by confirmation email or call. 6. Specific Amounts: each quote is unique as is your booking deposit and final balance - check the amount requested against the quote provided to you by your consultant 7. If In Doubt - Ask!: our consultants are just phone call or email away. If you receive an unsolicited payment request for any amount of money that does not come direct from your designated consultant, not from a pettransport.co.nz email address, for a booking you haven't made or for pets you don't actually own - please notify us immediately! Luckily, this is the first instance of being targeted that we are aware of - we know this is a frequent occurance for many other pet couriers. We wanted you to be aware so we can focus on doing what we do best - safely transporting your beloved pets to wherever they need to go in the world. Look our for more furry cuties travelling your way this weekend! |
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