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 procedure 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.

The import conditions are applicable to:

Protea acaulis	Protea acerosa	Protea acuminata	Protea amplexicaulis
Protea angolensis	Protea angustata	Protea angustata	Protea arborea
Protea aristata	Protea aspera	Protea aurea	Protea barbigera
Protea burchellii	Protea caffra	Protea calocephala	Protea canaliculata
Protea canaliculata	Protea cedromontana	Protea compacta	Protea cordata
Protea cynaroides	Protea dracomontana	Protea effusa	Protea eximia
Protea gaguedi	Protea glabra	Protea grandiceps	Protea holosericea
Protea humiflora	Protea incompta	Protea lacticolor	Protea laetans
Protea laevis	Protea lanceolata	Protea latifolia	Protea laurifolia
Protea lepidocarpodendron	Protea longifolia	Protea lorifolia	Protea macrocephala
Protea macrophylla	Protea magnifica	Protea marginata	Protea marlothii
Protea mundi	Protea nana	Protea neriifolia	Protea nitida
Protea obtusifolia	Protea pendula	Protea pityphylla	Protea pudens
Protea pulchra	Protea punctata	Protea recondita	Protea repens
Protea rosacea	Protea roupelliae	Protea rubropilosa	Protea scabra
Protea scolymocephala	Protea simplex	Protea speciosa	Protea stokoei
Protea subvestita	Protea sulphurea	Protea susannae	Protea tenax
Protea turbiniflora	Protea venusta	Protea witzenbergiana

Note: The import conditions are applicable to the following Protea spp. seeds for sowing, and those listed in the Plant Biosecurity Index as "Basic".