Dr_feelgood Posted January 29, 2006 Share Posted January 29, 2006 since it is illegal to import hookah pies into good old new zealand i have gone to great lengths to have my own shisha. i have had to buy one from a friend for $150 and have to order the shisha and coals off of the net. the great lengths one man will go to have there own hookah lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushrat Posted January 29, 2006 Share Posted January 29, 2006 It's ILLEGAL to import a hookah? How....odd. And I thought the Canadians had it rough.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HookahDuck Posted January 29, 2006 Share Posted January 29, 2006 its illegal and not just taxed heavily?Wow.. im sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlax Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 Damn man I'm sorry to hear that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmexx Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 Poor... you. Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_feelgood Posted January 30, 2006 Author Share Posted January 30, 2006 yeah it sucks. new zealand is a hole. it is classed under drug paraphenalia and any object used to administer cannabis is banned. i have complained to them that it is not used to smoke drugs but sweet sweet shisha and they just told me to go away. our goverment is a bunch of stuck up c**ts.lol. and also to import 250 grams of tobacco it costs $100 for duty rates. our country sucks. thats why i am moving to aussie, much better and is alot less stricter for importing hookahs and shisha is cheaper to import as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yashman19 Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 [quote name='Dr_feelgood']yeah it sucks. new zealand is a hole. it is classed under drug paraphenalia and any object used to administer cannabis is banned. i have complained to them that it is not used to smoke drugs but sweet sweet shisha and they just told me to go away. our goverment is a bunch of stuck up c**ts.lol. and also to import 250 grams of tobacco it costs $100 for duty rates. our country sucks. thats why i am moving to aussie, much better and is alot less stricter for importing hookahs and shisha is cheaper to import as well[/quote] I pray you're not moving to Austrailia just for the hookah.. I mean, I love the hookah just as much as the next person, but man... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_feelgood Posted January 30, 2006 Author Share Posted January 30, 2006 na i am moving there because they got better job opportunities and i have family there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donkeema Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 oh thats good then!illegal? - thats abit far fetched considering its just flavoured tobbaco but hey , what can you do? - off to australia we go! better get the lingo straight: crikey mate , shes a big hopper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donkeema Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 dont forget the shrimp on the barbie ( no harm intented ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmexx Posted January 30, 2006 Share Posted January 30, 2006 That's a little ignorant of them... to just classify it as a drug? I've been to Australia, what a beautiful Country! It's a shame I was so young... but the pictures I have speak for themselves .Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheeshabum Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 I have (maybe) an idea for our Dear Friends in New Zealand......the bottle, water container should not be a big problem to buy IN New Zealand. Get the rubber grommet of the 10 inch or 12 inch bottle, and take it to a store which sells glass ware, fancy bottles or vases with hookah sized openings and stick the rubber grommet in to test the size.(You can always wrap some white teflon pipe-fitters plumbers soft tape around ANY air leak you have on the hookah).I've used it for years on plumbing and pipe leaks at the Kibbutz I lived on. Once I used an old 2 liter milk bottle leftover from the 1960's which my wife had for decoration, and of since returned. For the pipe shaft and stem, these can be bought sepately by someone in either the Middle East, or "closer" to you from India.May I suggest Univac.com which is "The Mother of all Hookah making companies". You could ask them to tape a few nuts and bolts onto it so the stooges in your duty customs department will not be too wise.They can have it labled "metal plumbing accessory" or something like that. Where do you have so many people with your small population to open and check everyones packages? Actually, that was a stupid question, here I live in Israel where everything is checked for bombs or customs duty, in the Post, in each store, airlines, buses, etc. It pays crap, and you stand a good chance of being the first flying body that blows up. Sheeshabum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheeshabum Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 I forgot Univac.com 's link. Keep pushing the fancy "forward" sign on the bottom of the page and eat your heart out.Write to them about mailing to New Zealand. Ask them what can be done.(They must know).They send also by courier. Where I buy Al Fakher online they write "Preserves" on the package instead of tobacco, which is true, realy. sheeshabum [url="http://www.univacgroup.com/hookah-shisha.html"]http://www.univacgroup.com/hookah-shisha.html [url="http://www.univacgroup.com/hookah-shisha.html"]http://www.univacgroup.com/hookah-shisha.html[/url][/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted January 31, 2006 Share Posted January 31, 2006 Yeah, besides, New Zealand is conspicuously closer to Tasmania! I hate Hobart! Not really, I got an A in Geography, when I was a kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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