Biosecurity officials say they have made one of their most unusual seizures at New Zealand's border – a bat's head.
A traveller from Fiji declared the grisly item at Auckland Airport when he arrived from Apia last week.
"You see some strange things carried by passengers in this job and this one is definitely up there," said Biosecurity NZ passenger manager Craig Hughes.
Hughes said the traveller's family had eaten the rest of the bat in Samoa and he wanted to show the head to relatives in New Zealand.
![The bat head was declared by an incoming visitor.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/ZO5IHN7MX47BWUKYZKDMGKS2BA.jpg?auth=035e69c004d24512cb17f5cccc224963a9602dacc4dd7a41b0cedbb1b984c992&width=16&height=27&quality=70&smart=true)