Seed listed in the Plant Biosecurity Index as "Basic" can be exported with or without a phytosanitary certificate.

Option 1: Seed with a phytosanitary certificate

For consignments certified in Australia and issued with a phytosanitary certificate:
- inspected in accordance with official procedures and found free of visually detectable New Zealand's regulated pests, and confirms to New Zealand's import requirements.

Option 2: Seed without a Phytosanitary certificate

On arrival in New Zealand the consignment or samples, drawn in accordance with approved sampling rules, are to be inspected by an inspector at the importer's expense.

Note: The import conditions are applicable only to seeds for sowing listed in the Plant Biosecurity Index as "Basic" and no import conditions are available under the Import Health Standards: 155.02.05 Import of Seeds for Sowing.

The import conditions are applicable to:
Banksia aemula
Banksia ashbyi
Banksia asplenifolia
Banksia attenuata
Banksia baueri
Banksia baxteri
Banksia benthamiana
Banksia blechnifolia
Banksia brownii
Banksia burdettii
Banksia candolleana
Banksia coccinea
Banksia collina (= Banksia spinulosa var. collina)
Banksia conferta
Banksia cunninghamii (= Banksia spinulosa var. cunninghamii)
Banksia dentata
Banksia dryandroides
Banksia elderiana
Banksia ericifolia
Banksia gardneri
Banksia grandis
Banksia hookeriana
Banksia integrifolia
Banksia laevigata
Banksia laricina
Banksia lemanniana
Banksia lindleyana
Banksia marginata
Banksia media
Banksia meisneri
Banksia menziesii
Banksia nutans
Banksia oblongifolia
Banksia occidentalis
Banksia ornata
Banksia paludosa
Banksia petiolaris
Banksia pilostylis
Banksia praemorsa
Banksia prionotes
Banksia prostrata (= Banksia gardneri)
Banksia pulchella
Banksia quercifolia
Banksia repens
Banksia robur
Banksia sceptrum
Banksia serrata
Banksia solandri
Banksia speciosa
Banksia spinulosa
Banksia spinulosa var. collina
Banksia spinulosa var. cunninghamii
Banksia verticiliata
Banksia victoriae
Banksia violacea.