Yep, bring the original purchase documentation. It was a few years ago now but I seem to recall they worked up the value of mine by conversion to NZ dollar then taxed/ charged me on the NZ value. So my 990 ended up way over new value in NZ (thieving bast..ds) at 4 years old. AND the value included GST paid in Aust!! Talk about double dip. (They add on the value of the tyres etc in the crate to!)
There was a bit of backwards n forwards with paperwork, inspections etc but it ended up fairly straight forward. Mine was broken down professionally crated in a custom made steel framed crate - shitloads of plastic wrap! Problem there was they wanted to check the frame number and inspect it - it was a bit tricky to locate the number in the crate. I had a local agent to process it - more costs but easier I think.
The problem I found was the waiting for the bike to arrive and not knowing exactly where it was. Maybe shipping it around Christmas time wasn't such a clever call.
I took it through a VTNZ to VIN/ Reg/ WoF it (more cost). I had to get a bike shop to certify brakes (more cost). So there was a bit of trailering around. Basically not too painful a process there though. Fairly quick / striaght forward.
Then came the enjoyment of riding it at home....
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