As an addition for the future, I brought my bike in through Auckland. I did all of the legwork myself. Customs wasn't a problem really, just needed proof of ownership etc and a valuation from a bike shop. This was a problem as Experience weren't keen to give one unseen. In the end they wrote a reasonably non-commital valuation based on my description. I then paid a fee which was worked out by taking the cost of freight off the valuation and multiplying by the number of tools in a sidchrome socket set (I think). The difficult bit was getting MAF to check the bike out. As it had come by sea, it should have been inspected by the wharf MAF guys, however, it was being stored near the airport. In the end, my charm won over a sweet young MAF officer. After paying the appropriate fee, I was allowed to take the bike away. In the end, I don't think I got my change from $NZ1000, after fees, WOF, plate and rego.
