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Cheap Flights from South Pacific to New Zealand

Cheapest return prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 5 days
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Christchurch
0h 50mNonstop
from $131per person
Auckland
0h 55mNonstop
from $131per person
Wellington
0h 30mNonstop
from $158per person
Hamilton
1h 15mNonstop
from $158per person
Queenstown
0h 50mNonstop
from $163per person
Dunedin
1h 20mNonstop
from $180per person
Nelson
1h 35mNonstop
from $271per person
Palmerston North
0h 20mNonstop
from $1,065per person
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Flights from South Pacific to New Zealand: the best tips from KAYAK users

Insights shared by verified travellers who flew the route from South Pacific to New Zealand 
HelenFlew with Air New Zealand-Jul 2026
The AirNZ domestic lounge has been closed for quite some time following a fire... That's a bit disappointing but what I didn't know is they've set up a little cafe area at the gates for Koru club members so you can still get a coffee and a snack.
NoelFlew with Air New Zealand-Mar 2026
Wear hearing protection before boarding the aircraft and during the flight. The cabin noise is very loud, no matter where you sit. Always protect your hearing!
NoelFlew with Air New Zealand-Apr 2026
Wear hearing protection while walking to and from the aircraft and while flying, as they are still very noisy.
GJFlew with Jetstar-Mar 2026
The airport's close at 11 pm until 3:15 am. Security throw you out and lock the doors.
PriyankaFlew with Air New Zealand-Jan 2026
Melbourne airport is busy during the summer holidays. Please ensure enough time for check in. Air New Zealand and Quantas are both great options. Staff are very friendly.
Verified travelerFlew with Air New Zealand-Dec 2025
Make sure you have the latest information you need on arrival at the airport and get a second opinion from staff if you have concerns. Don't expect them to offer assistance, ask if you need help
FernandoFlew with Air New Zealand-Feb 2026
Bumpy ride. Don’t eat too much before flying this route. Go to restrooms before boarding.
MichelleFlew with Air New Zealand-Nov 2025
Make sure you have a back up plan for transportation. My ride was unfortunately delayed due to a multiple car accident that closed the road for seven hours. I had no way to get to my hotel near Greymouth.There are no taxis, but I was fortunate enough to find a lovely bus driver who dropped me at my hotel on her route to Greymouth.
Verified travelerFlew with Air New Zealand-Apr 2025
The connection from domestic to international terminal involves outside walk, marked by Green Line on floor, not enough signage, exposure to elements
BrianFlew with Air Canada-Dec 2024
You’ll likely board the plane with stairs via the tarmac using front and rear doors
Verified travelerFlew with Air New Zealand-Jan 2025
Dress comfortably. Make sure also have a change of clothes.
Verified travelerFlew with Air New Zealand-Sept 2024
There is a domestic Air NZ lounge AFTER security, right next to the gate if you are flying Air NZ. Looks like it is new. I had flown the same route about 10 months earlier, and there was no lounge inside. The only Air NZ lounge was in the checkin area (next to regional airlines). The plan was good, and had decent space (legroom and overhead).
ScottFlew with Air New Zealand-Nov 2024
Make sure you have at least 2 hours layover if going to CHC from out of country. Getting to domestic terminal takes either a 15 minute walk or waiting for a shuttle which is not easy to locate.
PremFlew with Air New Zealand-Sept 2024
Be prepared to go to the international terminal from domestic terminal. It takes lot of time and could be a little confusing.
ConstantineFlew with Air New Zealand-Nov 2024
Security screening can be slow at busy times so don’t wait too long to get to the gate.
MichaelFlew with Fiji Airways-Jun 2024
The lines for coffee can be very long at the cafe at Nadi airport - if you're there in between full flights get in quick before the Kiwis/Aussies line up!
ZenoFlew with Air New Zealand-Jul 2024
Give enough time to get to the airport- the roads get jammed with traffic
MichelleFlew with Air New Zealand-Apr 2024
Very short flight, very efficient boarding however subject to weather elements so be prepared to get wet if raining

FAQs for booking flights from South Pacific to New Zealand

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from South Pacific to New Zealand?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from South Pacific to New Zealand.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from South Pacific to New Zealand?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from South Pacific to New Zealand is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from South Pacific to New Zealand?

    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 South Pacific to New Zealand 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 South Pacific to New Zealand?

    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 South Pacific to New Zealand up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • Which airlines fly most frequently to New Zealand?

    South Pacific and New Zealand are connected by different airlines. The airlines that fly that route the most regularly are Air New Zealand (2,883 flights per week), Qantas Airways (1,590 flights per week), and Etihad Airways (1,210 flights per week).

  • How many airports are there in New Zealand?

    There are 25 airports in New Zealand. The busiest airport is Auckland Airport (AKL), with 45% of all flights arriving there.

  • Which is the cheapest airport to fly into in New Zealand?

    Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in New Zealand is Taupo Airport (TUO), with an average flight price of $144.

  • What is the cheapest day to fly to New Zealand?

    Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to New Zealand is Tuesday when return tickets can be as cheap as $526. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Saturday, when return prices are $652 on average.

  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to New Zealand?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to New Zealand is generally in the afternoon, when retur flights cost $464 on average. Morning departures are around 7% more expensive than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to New Zealand is generally at night, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $631.

  • What is the cheapest flight to New Zealand?

    The cheapest ticket to New Zealand from South Pacific found in the last 5 days was to Wellington, at $94 return. The most popular route is Adelaide (ADL) to Auckland (AKL) and the cheapest return ticket found on this route in the last 5 days was $122.

  • What is the cheapest month to fly from South Pacific to New Zealand?

    The cheapest month for flights from South Pacific to New Zealand is March, when tickets cost $333 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and July, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $438 and $414 respectively.

  • How many cities have direct flights to New Zealand?

    From South Pacific, there are direct flights to New Zealand from 41 cities. The city with the most direct flights is Auckland, with 3,121 direct flights each week.

  • How many direct flights to New Zealand are there each day?

    There are around 1,682 direct flights from within South Pacific to New Zealand every day. Most flights (55%) depart in the morning.

  • How many direct flights to New Zealand are there each week?

    Each week there are around 11,769 direct flights from within South Pacific to New Zealand. The most common day for departures is Friday, with 16% of flights taking off on this day.

  • How long is the flight to New Zealand?

    An average direct flight from South Pacific to New Zealand takes 2h 46m, covering a distance of 2809 km. The shortest route is Blenheim (BHE) to Wellington (WLG) with an average flight time of 0h 30m.

  • How many long-haul flights are there to New Zealand each week?

    Each week, there are 262 medium-haul flights (3-6 hour flight duration) and 11,507 short-haul flights (up to 3 hour flight duration) to New Zealand. There aren’t any long-haul flights (6-12 hour flight duration).

  • What are the most popular destinations in New Zealand?

    Based on KAYAK flight searches, the most popular destination is Queenstown (45% of total searches to New Zealand). The next most popular destinations are Christchurch (44%) and Auckland (7%). Searches for flights to Wellington (2%), to Dunedin (0%), and to Hamilton (0%) are also popular.

Reviews of the top 4 airlines flying from South Pacific to New Zealand

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from South Pacific to New Zealand? 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
Fiji AirwaysOverall score based on 259 reviews
8.5Crew
7.4Entertainment
8.0Boarding
8.0Comfort
7.5Food
Airline reviews

Poor food options for vegi folks n not enough food quantity. Fiji really needs to improve on it. Flight crew is very warm and respectful but don’t know how to cater towards vegi folks n items despite so many Indians staying in Fiji

6.0 GoodNeeta, Jun 2026
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Poor food options for vegi folks n not enough food quantity. Fiji really needs to improve on it. Flight crew is very warm and respectful but don’t know how to cater towards vegi folks n items despite so many Indians staying in Fiji

.very good and as I needed wheelchair assistance all staff excellent.. only suggestion is get rid of those plastic chairs hard to ride in and staff have trouble compared to others. Everything else very good experience. Will use Fiji Air again.

See previous comments. Didn’t take this flight because my other flight was so delayed. Ending up on two other flights as a result and was more than a day late.

6 hour delay and they didnt try to make up any time during an over 10 hour flight

Very good; seat made ready for bed after meal, a plus since one airline covered the seat at the start.

Better connections, much better cabin crew, much cleaner cabin that Qantas, American and probably other carriers.

The experience was lovely in every respect. The crews were delightful.

Fiji Business Class was value for money. Would do again for a long haul flight.

1.5Hrs to get from plane into terminal. Long wait. Flight to NZ 1 he late

The part that really made for a poor trip was that we checked luggage, and it took 1.5 hrs. to get our luggage. This made it so we barely got to our next flight. We were the last ones on board.

Not up to their standard . After checking in my bag and having made a tight connection off NZ 29, they tried to bump me off the flight at the gate. In they end I argued myself onto the plane but my bag followed on a later plane. After over 24 hours of flying and despite being an Air NZ Platinum card holder being put in this position was unnaceptable

I like Air NZ, but rather old plane seating in Premium Economy. Not very comfortable , nor very roomy.

More comfortable seats. Even after an hour of travel, they are very hard to sit on. Enforce the amount of stuff that travellers can carry on. Some have up to three bags and take over other passengers' overhead locker space.

Crew members are so courteous and easy to talk to. My flight ticket was expensive from Chicago to Rotorua at $2800 usd. Everything else is very nice!

We got to experience Premium Economy from Sydney to Auckland and it was a great experience wiht Air New Zealand. The crew was friendly and helpful.

Great first time experience with ANZ. Such a great customer service. The crew was very friendly and welcoming

Great first time experience with Air New Zealand and loved it. The flight crew was extremely friendly and provided great service.

Great airline service by the staff. I highly recommend it

Boarded on time, smooth flight and "gentle" landing in Palmerston North. Ahead of time due to a tailwind

My experience with Underpricer was not great. The representative assigned to me did not tell me beforehand that selecting seats, which i could not do through ANZ, WOULD ADD SIGNIFICANT cost to my ticket (all flight segments were reg economy seats. The seat selections for the ticket, MCI-AKL, AKL-PER, PER-MCI, cost $284 USD. I WAS NOT TOLD AHEAD OF SELECTING SEATS chosen by the rep OF THE COSTS and never received an itemized invoice of the seat selections.). The costs of seat selection, an option solicited as a service, with no mention of costs, should have been disclosed to me prior to seat selection and certaily should have been itemized. For all I know, the $284 was not referred from the airline but made up and taken directly by Underpricer. Next, when i checked in, united couldnt find my ticket. This is probably why i didnt get a seat selection on that flight and couldnt check in online, despite Underpricer prompts to do so a week before departure, or at the kiosk at the airport. I had to wait for special help at the counter, then was told that because the flight segment, MCI-IAH, operated by United Airlines via the ANZ. ticket, had changed schedule slightly since I BOOKED MY FLIGHT, the MCI-IAH segment had been decoupled from the rest of the ticket because the IAH layover was now 12.5 hrs AND DID NOT QUALIFY AS A THROUGH FLIGHT TO AKL.. This meant my checked bag could not be checked through to AKL and id have to pick it up at IAH, THEN WAIT MOST OF the long layover WITH the large checked bag until ANZ counter in IAH OPENED for checkING just prior to the flight. Apparently, although underpricer had notified me of schedule changes, they did not update the ANZ TICKET, leading to this problem. Finallly, although I RECHECKED TH BAG IN At IAH 3.5-4 hours before the scheduled departure and the IAH-AKL segment was a direct flight, ANZ LOST MY bag and it took 4 days to find it and get it to me. Not fun.

Although the flight was delayed and out of their control, we boarded and were underway in no time. The crew were great, the service A1 and the meal was superb ( I had the chicken dish). I would fly with Qantas again, anytime. Noel Swift

My flight with Qantas was excellent, the crew were exceptional, the food was very good, and the seats were surprisingly spacious and comfortable. I was extremely disappointed when my checked bag did not make it onto my connecting flight, but was pleased with the ease of filing a report of a missing bag with Qantas at the Auckland airport - there, my pleasure ended. I can see, with an apple tag on my bag, that it is still in Sydney and has not moved in more than 30 hours. I shared the tracking information with Qantas and was assured when I filed the missing bag report that my bag would be delivered first thing the next morning on the next flight from Sydney to Auckland. Qantas' missing bag tracking feature still lists its status as "searching for your bag, check back later" more than a full 24 hours after filing the report despite my having shared tracking information, a photo of the bag, and calling the customer care line and being assured that an "urgent action message" had been sent to the team in Sydney. The lack of communication from Qantas' customer service department and the lack of action after an incredibly expensive business class ticket price is outrageous and has, definitively, affected my willingness to consider flying Qantas in the future, much less on long-haul international flights with high cost airfare.

I want a refund. I had to switch flights and buy another airline ticket because this one was delayed.

Helpful staff when I felt unwell. Qantas need to have an audio/music channel so you can listen to various music/.artists

I'd like to see AA's flight safety record clearly and prominently posted online.

It was a good flight and no complaints. It just wasn't anything that was better than any other flight.

Not great. The inflight entertainment was all on an app, and I did not want to watch a film on my phone. Also, the range of options of films was limited.

by the time they got to our row, they were out of some of the food options. games and movies were great but maybe more game options like tetris or pac man would be great

Great as usual, some delays but well communicated and made up for in the air

Inflight entertainment, poor that there are no headrest screens on aircraft used for an international flight.

Jane at Sydney International airport check in was amazing. She set up the whole experience to be a positive one.

The flight ticket were not reimbursed on Jan 22nd from Auckland to Wellington. Very Very dissatisfied.Please reimburse the ticket of my onward travel.

I was treated poorly in Dunedin by check in crew, then my bag was lost in Auckland. Never again.

They added the weight of my back to the carryon luggage and charged me NZ$75 for being over 7 kg.

Not very good, no food and not drink ( caffe or tea). Never ever fly with jet star.

Unaware of charge for carry on until i got to gate

It is what it is - nothing more, nothing less. No entertainment onboard but one kinda knows that when buying a ticket on a no frills airline. I choose Jetstar only because of price.

Worst airline ever. No need to go into detail as everything is terrible. Do not do it - whatever the price.

Flight departing too early at 06.15 Difficult to get to airport

Plane was more than 3 hrs delayed as the only plane on that day. Had to wait 1 hrs in the plane which was very unpleasent.

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