Shipping white goods to NZ
Feb 11th 2015, 12:05 pm
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Shipping white goods to NZ
My family are about to emmigrate to NZ from the UK and want to ship our UK white goods' dryer and washing machine and want to know whether they will work in NZ.
Is there anything we have to do before they can work.
Is there anything we have to do before they can work.
Feb 11th 2015, 3:14 pm
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Re: Shipping white goods to NZ
Yes. Your white goods should work in New Zealand.
They have the same voltage as the UK but a lower amp of 10 (UK is 13amps) Make sure your appliances are lower than 2.4kw then you will be fine but if over you will probably have buy new ones when in NZ.
Your removals agent should know a little bit more about this than me.
They have the same voltage as the UK but a lower amp of 10 (UK is 13amps) Make sure your appliances are lower than 2.4kw then you will be fine but if over you will probably have buy new ones when in NZ.
Your removals agent should know a little bit more about this than me.
Feb 11th 2015, 6:13 pm
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Re: Shipping white goods to NZ
they will be fine, just need to either get plug converters or cut UK off and stick a kiwi one on. On shipping make sure that if you have bought new or the item is less than 12mths old you may get stuck for tax on them as they would be classed as "new".
Feb 12th 2015, 2:23 am
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Re: Shipping white goods to NZ
Yep they'll work, just change the plug when you get here 
