New Zealand-origin dogs/cats under the September 2025 agreed certificate.
Documents and permits
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
Obtain Samoa’s import permit before the New Zealand authorized certifier issues the official WSPET9 zoosanitary certificate. Travel with the completed official certificate showing the permit number.
Selected official requirements for healthy adult personal pets. Departure selection does not establish residence history, eligibility, permit approval or airline acceptance. Confirm the actual permit and journey with the authority. Only adult personal pets continuously resident in New Zealand for the preceding six months or since birth, using WSPET9 effective 1 September 2025. Other origins and juvenile vaccination branches are outside this selected checklist. Samoa retains final entry approval.
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
The certificate attests continuous NZ residence for six months or since birth. Within four days of departure the official veterinarian scans the chip and examines the pet for disease, ectoparasites and fitness to travel.
Selected official requirements for healthy adult personal pets. Departure selection does not establish residence history, eligibility, permit approval or airline acceptance. Confirm the actual permit and journey with the authority. Only adult personal pets continuously resident in New Zealand for the preceding six months or since birth, using WSPET9 effective 1 September 2025. Other origins and juvenile vaccination branches are outside this selected checklist. Samoa retains final entry approval.
Dog · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
Adult dogs must be fully vaccinated against distemper, infectious hepatitis, parvovirus and leptospirosis with immunity still valid at export. The extra two-dose schedule in the document is for puppies under six months, outside this adult pathway.
Selected official requirements for healthy adult personal pets. Departure selection does not establish residence history, eligibility, permit approval or airline acceptance. Confirm the actual permit and journey with the authority. Only adult personal pets continuously resident in New Zealand for the preceding six months or since birth, using WSPET9 effective 1 September 2025. Other origins and juvenile vaccination branches are outside this selected checklist. Samoa retains final entry approval.
Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
Cats must be fully vaccinated against feline enteritis, with immunity valid at export. This certificate does not make the dog vaccine list or a universal rabies vaccination mandatory for cats.
Selected official requirements for healthy adult personal pets. Departure selection does not establish residence history, eligibility, permit approval or airline acceptance. Confirm the actual permit and journey with the authority. Only adult personal pets continuously resident in New Zealand for the preceding six months or since birth, using WSPET9 effective 1 September 2025. Other origins and juvenile vaccination branches are outside this selected checklist. Samoa retains final entry approval.
Dog · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
Within four days of transport, dogs need an internal product covering roundworms, hookworms, whipworms and tapeworms and a topical external product against ticks, fleas and lice, recorded with dates/products in the certificate.
Selected official requirements for healthy adult personal pets. Departure selection does not establish residence history, eligibility, permit approval or airline acceptance. Confirm the actual permit and journey with the authority. Only adult personal pets continuously resident in New Zealand for the preceding six months or since birth, using WSPET9 effective 1 September 2025. Other origins and juvenile vaccination branches are outside this selected checklist. Samoa retains final entry approval.
Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
Within four days of transport, cats need an internal product covering roundworms, hookworms and tapeworms and an external product effective against fleas, ticks and lice, with veterinary certificate records.
Selected official requirements for healthy adult personal pets. Departure selection does not establish residence history, eligibility, permit approval or airline acceptance. Confirm the actual permit and journey with the authority. Only adult personal pets continuously resident in New Zealand for the preceding six months or since birth, using WSPET9 effective 1 September 2025. Other origins and juvenile vaccination branches are outside this selected checklist. Samoa retains final entry approval.
Dog / Cat · In the cabin / Accompanied hold baggage / Separate cargo service
Air transport must comply with IATA Live Animal Regulations. The certificate does not by itself grant cabin or checked-baggage permission; obtain the carrier’s actual acceptance.
Selected official requirements for healthy adult personal pets. Departure selection does not establish residence history, eligibility, permit approval or airline acceptance. Confirm the actual permit and journey with the authority. Only adult personal pets continuously resident in New Zealand for the preceding six months or since birth, using WSPET9 effective 1 September 2025. Other origins and juvenile vaccination branches are outside this selected checklist. Samoa retains final entry approval.
