by Outbeck » Thu 11 Jan, 2018 7:49 am
I emailed the NZ Customs (or whatever they're called) when I travelled there in October 2015.
In the email, I described exactly (including ingredients) what I was proposing to bring in and asked if they could advise what would and wouldn't be acceptable.
All the meals were cooked and dehydrated by me. They emailed back saying what I described was fine but don't bring in x, y or z (eg meat, fish eggs etc).
I carried their email response with me and didn't have any problems. This was a couple of years ago so things may have changed, but if you email well in advance you should be ok (assuming of course, the food you're carrying is what you say it is). I had things like dried pasta sauce, veggie curry, then bought the fresh stuff in NZ. Hope this helps.