COVID-19 (Coronavirus)
COVID-19 response information
Auckland is at Alert Level 2 while the rest of New Zealand is at Alert Level 1
Information for:
Latest maritime industry updates
Maritime industry update 048 - 23 September 2020[PDF: 576kB]
Maritime industry update 047 - 16 September 2020[PDF: 372kB]
Contact us
The best way of contacting us is by email.
We are monitoring our email and will respond to your enquiry as soon as possible.
Please use the following email addresses:
seafarers@maritimenz.govt.nz for all seafarer enquiries
operators@maritimenz.govt.nz for vessel related safety and certification
ship.registration@maritimenz.govt.nz for Part A and Part B registrations
exemptions.officer@maritimenz.govt.nz for all exemptions
enquiries@maritimenz.govt.nz for all other general enquiries
Alternatively you can use our online enquiry form.
Contact us online
If you don't have email
We are still answering the phones but there may be a delay in our response times.
Seafarers
New Zealand (toll free): 0508 SEACERT or 0508 732 237
Calling from outside New Zealand: +64 4 473 0111
Operators, vessel safety, ship registration, exemptions and all other commercial enquiries
New Zealand (toll free): 0508 22 55 22
Calling from outside New Zealand: +64 4 473 0111
Our office and postal services
Our staff are working to provide services for you under the current COVID Alert Levels. Details on our opening hours will be available shortly. Thank you for your patience.
Although we are still using our postal service, there will be a significant delay for processing incoming and outgoing mail. Also we may have to stop this service if changes to the Government's COVID response requires us to.