11-12-2025

“This is the busiest time of year for NZ Post, with Black Friday sales starting earlier and there’s some great deals available. NZ Post is expecting to deliver about 2.4 million parcels over the next week as a result. That’s about 800k more parcels than a ‘normal’ week.”

NZ Post has brought on extra vans, trucks and flights to prepare for additional volume through the sales period, and their teams will be working flat out to get parcels delivered for Kiwis.

“This is just the beginning of the busy season for NZ Post, and we are forecasting to deliver about 10 million parcels between now and Christmas Eve. Our advice to Kiwis is to save time and shop online this festive season. It’s a good idea to get organised and send early to give your gift the best chance of arriving in time for Christmas, "says Dobson.

All of the deadlines for sending overseas or within New Zealand can be found on the NZ Post website.

“NZ Post is here to make online shopping as easy as possible for Kiwis. We’ve partnered with our sending customers to bring Kiwis a helpful Gift Guide this Christmas. Whether it’s an eight-person tent to sleep the whole family, togs for the little ones, or even a special limited edition stamp from the NZ Post collectables range, NZ Post has you covered. Simply browse and click, and NZ Post will bring it straight to your door.”

“NZ Post has been investing in our network to ensure that we have the best parcel processing infrastructure, to help us sort and send parcels as quickly and efficiently as possible. We’ve invested particularly in our Auckland network, to help parcels move quickly through the rest of the country. Our new Auckland Processing Centre (APC) can process up to 33,000 parcels per hour, and has vastly improved the efficiency of parcel handling and border security for parcels coming in and out of the country. This will be the first Christmas with the APC operating fully, and we are proud to bring this efficiency to Kiwis at the busiest time of year for festive giving and sending.”

“Wherever you are in the country, the team at NZ Post is working hard to deliver for Kiwis this Christmas. We’ll be delivering parcels right up until Santa arrives,” says Dobson.

Source: NZ Post