Relocation to Auckland or Christchurch for employment, or returning from an American assignment, Air Animal’s expertise and knowledge of MAF’s requirments provides the pet moving aspect of your relocation to be both knowledge and experience based, giving you time to be concerned about the numerous other aspects of your relocation to New Zealand.

The areas we cover for your pet move to New Zealand include:

• the microchip
• the rabies jab
• the qualifiying rabies blood draw
• the MAF import permit application process
• knowing of the locations of the MAF-approved quarantine facilities
• the waiting time
• the confirmatory blood tests
• the external and internal parasite treatment
• the issuing of the health certificate within the MAF import permit
• the endorsement for export by the USDA
• the sealing of the cage
• along with the USA cross-country flight, to the LAX transfer, to the booking of the trans-Pacific flight, the issuing of the airlines air cargo air way bill.

Air Animal Pet Movers and its “New Zealand Desk” knows the drill, the routine, and is experience-based. Your New Zealand bound pet is in the good hands of Air Animal Pet Movers.

Estimates are cheerfully provided. Please visit our CONTACT US page, sharing with us the details of your relocation to New Zealand, the time frames, where you are in the process, or your concerns.

Or you may wish to visit our FORMS page (Pet Owner Survey, Pet Survey, and a Fax Cover page) provided for your convenience in the ESTIMATE forms group.

Air Animal Pet Movers, the family-owned and operated pet moving service, since 1977, provides relocating families with both nationwide and worldwide services from its offices in Tampa, Florida. We are an IATA air cargo agency, representing the world’s 230 airlines, endorsed and appointed by Cargo Network Services (CNS) and we hold registration with the USDA as an Intermediate Handler.