$451 Find Cheap Flights from Nelson to the Cook Islands

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Book Cheap Nelson to the Cook Islands Plane Tickets

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from Nelson to the Cook Islands that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent return flight deals from Nelson to the Cook Islands

Sun, 29 Mar - Sun, 5 Apr
Air New Zealand Logo
11:55 - 20:05
NSN
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RAR
7h 10m
1 stop
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22:15 - 12:40
RAR
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NSN
16h 25m
2 stops
$1,209Air New Zealand
Sun, 29 Mar - Sun, 5 Apr
Air New Zealand Logo
11:05 - 20:05
NSN
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RAR
8h 00m
1 stop
Air New Zealand Logo
22:15 - 08:05
RAR
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NSN
11h 50m
1 stop
$1,260Air New Zealand
Sun, 29 Mar - Sun, 5 Apr
Air New Zealand Logo
08:40 - 20:05
NSN
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RAR
10h 25m
2 stops
Air New Zealand Logo
22:15 - 10:10
RAR
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NSN
13h 55m
2 stops
$1,357Air New Zealand
Sun, 29 Mar - Sun, 5 Apr
Multiple Airlines Logo
13:45 - 20:05
NSN
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RAR
29h 20m
3 stops
Multiple Airlines Logo
22:15 - 11:15
RAR
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NSN
15h 00m
2 stops
$1,588Multiple Airlines
Wed, 1 Apr - Tue, 7 Apr
Air New Zealand Logo
06:00 - 13:30
NSN
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RAR
6h 30m
1 stop
Air New Zealand Logo
22:15 - 08:05
RAR
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NSN
11h 50m
1 stop
$1,663Air New Zealand
Wed, 1 Apr - Tue, 7 Apr
Air New Zealand Logo
06:40 - 20:05
NSN
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RAR
12h 25m
2 stops
Air New Zealand Logo
22:15 - 11:15
RAR
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NSN
15h 00m
2 stops
$1,777Air New Zealand
Wed, 1 Apr - Tue, 7 Apr
Multiple Airlines Logo
14:55 - 20:05
NSN
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RAR
28h 10m
3 stops
Multiple Airlines Logo
22:15 - 11:15
RAR
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NSN
15h 00m
2 stops
$1,980Multiple Airlines
Wed, 1 Apr - Tue, 7 Apr
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07:35 - 20:05
NSN
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RAR
35h 30m
3 stops
Multiple Airlines Logo
09:00 - 08:05
RAR
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NSN
25h 05m
3 stops
$2,667Multiple Airlines
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Nelson to the Cook Islands flights

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How long does a flight from Nelson to the Cook Islands take?

The duration of a flight to the Cook Islands depends on your arrival airport. The shortest route to the Cook Islands from Nelson is to Rarotonga, which takes 17h 05m.

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Good to know

Low seasonMay
Cheapest flight$451
Best time to beat the crowds (24% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (36% more expensive on average)
Flight from Nelson to Rarotonga

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  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Nelson to the Cook Islands?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly from Nelson to the Cook Islands with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Nelson to the Cook Islands?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying from Nelson to the Cook Islands up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

Reviews of the top airline flying from Nelson to the Cook Islands

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Nelson to the Cook Islands? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
8.0
Air New ZealandOverall score based on 582 reviews
7.4Entertainment
8.5Crew
8.2Boarding
8.0Comfort
7.4Food
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Space between seats on Air New Zealand is generally tight. The crew on this flight was excellent! Very attentive and nice. You get free wine or beer and chips and of course the Air New Zealand candies. 1 hour and 35 min flight approximately.

8.0 ExcellentFernando, Feb 2026
AKL - ZQN
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Space between seats on Air New Zealand is generally tight. The crew on this flight was excellent! Very attentive and nice. You get free wine or beer and chips and of course the Air New Zealand candies. 1 hour and 35 min flight approximately.

All good, except entertainment system could have been better. More choices.

Your entertainment could be better. I flew on Air New Zealand in January so was expecting a better choice in February...but no luck. Same choices and also could have a better selection. Otherwise, lovely service, the purser came to our seats to welcome us. Overall, very nice. Direct flight from Auckland to YVR was fantastic!

Air New Zealand over sold our flight and tried to bump us to yesterday. After several calls we got booked to United about 6 hrs before our original flight. No apologies!

Please add more Bollywood movies and recent movies to the entertainment.

The disembarking steps in Wellington were precarious and I felt quite insecure. There was no one on the tarmac to greet us and help. The embarking ramp in Blenheim was much more satisfactory. The rest of the flight was fine.

The food was not as good as Air New Zealand. The veg pasta was pass-able but the veg cibotta sandwich was dry, hard and not up to par. The coach staff were attentive and accommodating.

Air conditioning was turned to the wrong setting. Way too hot. The entertainment system kept resetting and didn’t work half the flight. Said something to the crew. They didn’t do anything to help. Plane had a mechanical problem that resulted in 2.5 hour delay. Boarded the plane, had to disembark and get back on.

Flight was delayed by 2 hours. Got lucky that i had a long connection, else would have certainly missed my connecting flight. Food is just okay, specially the breakfast is worse . Asked for water 30 mins before landing, the response is that we are landing so everything is packed . I guess traveling in economy that’s what we get. Probably business class passengers would get a different answer. Only good thing is that wifi service is available from auckland to lax for most part Next time will try united or American and then compare.

They are my favourite airline in the world by a million miles.

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