Our values reflect what's important to us and guide everything we do.
To join Customs your values need to align with ours and you'll need to put them into action every day.
Te Ara Tika
WE DO WHAT'S RIGHT
Following the right path in whatever we do.
Integrity, honesty, and passion will contribute to success.
Whāia te ara tika. Mā te tika o te mahi i roto i te pono me te aroha. Ka eke ki ngā taumata o te ora.
Kaitiakitanga
WE ARE GUARDIANS
Screening and protecting borders, caring for people now and in the future.
Ārai paenga, manaaki tāngata, haere whakamua.
He Tāngata
WE VALUE PEOPLE
What is the most important thing in the world?
It is people, it is people, it is people.
He aha te mea nui o te ao? He tāngata, he tāngata, he tāngata.
Pae Tawhiti
WE LOOK FORWARD
We seek to bring distant horizons closer, and sustain and maintain those that have been arrived at.
Ko te pae tawhiti whāia kia tata, Ko te pae tata whakamaua kia tīna.
