New Zealanders love keeping pets. Cats, for example, are pets in 50 percent of New Zealand homes – dogs in about 15 percent. But, we do have strict guidelines on the importation of them.
In most cases, dogs and cats are permitted (with appropriate quarantining) but most other pets such as fish, birds, turtles, etc, are not. The
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries website will give you all the official information.