New Zealand Customs Service
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The New Zealand Customs Service is the government agency responsible for border security, customs control, and the collection of duties and taxes on goods entering or leaving New Zealand.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| New Zealand Customs Service canonical | 4 |
| New Zealand Customs Service intelligence units | 1 |
| New Zealand Customs online services | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8459927 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: New Zealand Customs Service Context triple: [New Zealand intelligence community, collaboratesWith, New Zealand Customs Service]
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A.
Servicio Nacional de Aduanas de Chile
The Servicio Nacional de Aduanas de Chile is the Chilean government agency responsible for regulating and controlling the country’s customs operations, including the oversight of imports, exports, and border trade compliance.
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B.
New Zealand Police
New Zealand Police is the national law enforcement agency of New Zealand, responsible for maintaining public safety, enforcing the law, and preventing crime across the country.
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C.
New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
The New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade is the government department responsible for managing New Zealand’s international relations, diplomacy, and trade policy.
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D.
Administraciones Generales de Aduanas
Administraciones Generales de Aduanas is the Mexican federal customs authority responsible for managing and controlling the country’s customs operations and enforcement.
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E.
Inland Revenue Department (New Zealand)
The Inland Revenue Department (New Zealand) is the government agency responsible for administering the country’s tax system and related social policy programs.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: New Zealand Customs Service Target entity description: The New Zealand Customs Service is the government agency responsible for border security, customs control, and the collection of duties and taxes on goods entering or leaving New Zealand.
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A.
Servicio Nacional de Aduanas de Chile
The Servicio Nacional de Aduanas de Chile is the Chilean government agency responsible for regulating and controlling the country’s customs operations, including the oversight of imports, exports, and border trade compliance.
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B.
New Zealand Police
New Zealand Police is the national law enforcement agency of New Zealand, responsible for maintaining public safety, enforcing the law, and preventing crime across the country.
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C.
New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
The New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade is the government department responsible for managing New Zealand’s international relations, diplomacy, and trade policy.
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D.
Administraciones Generales de Aduanas
Administraciones Generales de Aduanas is the Mexican federal customs authority responsible for managing and controlling the country’s customs operations and enforcement.
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E.
Inland Revenue Department (New Zealand)
The Inland Revenue Department (New Zealand) is the government agency responsible for administering the country’s tax system and related social policy programs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
customs service
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government agency ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
protect New Zealand from harm at the border
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support New Zealand’s economic prosperity through trade facilitation ⓘ |
| appliesRegulation |
New Zealand Customs and Excise legislation
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New Zealand border security regulations ⓘ |
| cooperatesWith |
New Zealand Immigration authorities
NERFINISHED
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New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries NERFINISHED ⓘ New Zealand Police NERFINISHED ⓘ international customs organizations ⓘ |
| country | New Zealand ⓘ |
| hasHeadquartersLocation | Wellington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | New Zealand ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | New Zealand public service department ⓘ |
| operatesIn |
airports
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international mail centres ⓘ seaports ⓘ |
| oversees |
customs operations at New Zealand airports
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customs operations at New Zealand ports ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Government of New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | New Zealand public service NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| responsibleFor |
border security
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collection of duties ⓘ collection of excise-equivalent duties ⓘ collection of goods and services tax on imports ⓘ collection of import duties ⓘ collection of taxes on goods ⓘ collection of trade statistics ⓘ customs control ⓘ drug interdiction at the border ⓘ enforcement of border-related legislation ⓘ enforcement of customs legislation ⓘ facilitation of legitimate trade ⓘ facilitation of legitimate travel ⓘ intellectual property rights enforcement at the border ⓘ interception of prohibited goods ⓘ preventing smuggling ⓘ protection of New Zealand’s border ⓘ risk assessment of cargo and passengers ⓘ screening of international cargo ⓘ screening of international mail ⓘ screening of international passengers ⓘ |
| sector | public sector ⓘ |
| shortName | New Zealand Customs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| website | https://www.customs.govt.nz/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: New Zealand Customs Service Description of subject: The New Zealand Customs Service is the government agency responsible for border security, customs control, and the collection of duties and taxes on goods entering or leaving New Zealand.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
New Zealand Customs Service intelligence units
this entity surface form:
New Zealand Customs online services