Business pricing and product changes from 1 July 2025

Parcels

Pricing changes

The prices for domestic sending will be increasing, which includes:

Courier services (including Courier, Courier Economy, Rural, Ancillary Charges, and all Tickets, Bags and Stationery items)
Express products and services

As an NZ Post account holder, you can expect to receive your notification of the price increases by letter or email in May 2025. If you haven’t received these details, or if you would like to discuss what this means for your business, please contact your Business Manager or  contact us . 

Pricing changes

The prices for sending parcels overseas will be changing, which includes:

Economy services (including Economy, Economy Tracked and Economy Plus)
Express services
Returns

The new card rates that will take effect from 1 July 2025 for Economy, Economy Tracked, Economy Plus, Courier and Express are shown in the table below. Please refer to your pricing schedule for contract rates and discounts applicable for your business.

		Economy		Economy Tracked		Economy Plus		Courier		Express
Minimum chargeable weight		100g		100g		2kgs		500g		500g
Maximum actual weight allowed		2kgs		2kgs, except to the UK that allows up to 5kgs		20kgs		30kgs^		30kgs
	Item card rate	Kilo card rate	Item card rate	Kilo card rate	Item card rate	Kilo card rate	Item card rate	Kilo card rate	Item card rate	Kilo card rate
Zone A: Australia	$13.7410	$11.5540	$16.2410	$11.5540	$18.3620	$10.6420	$36.6590	$11.7970	$64.0380	$20.9600
Zone B: South Pacific	$15.7730	$17.8310	$18.2730	$17.8310	$20.8170	$17.1600	$49.1170	$17.4280	$114.9990	$32.3640
Zone C : Asia	$14.1420	$28.7710	$16.6420	$28.7710	$26.2610	$24.7480	$52.1220	$25.3040	$115.4870	$42.8850
Zone D: Canada, Europe and United States	$19.0830	$33.9390	$21.5830	$33.9390	$33.9770	$28.8550	$55.7080	$28.0840	$115.6860	$47.1860
Zone US: United States of America	$19.4210	$30.8080	$21.9210	$30.8080	$29.0870	$30.5460	$84.0000	$29.2570	$115.6860	$47.1860
Zone E: Rest of the world	$18.6630	$34.6780	$21.1630	$34.6780	$27.4140	$32.3350	$51.1090	$32.1640	$127.4730	$56.6510

^ Maximum weight may be lower for some destinations. For full details please see our Guide for Courier & Courier Extension Size and Weight Limits (PDF - 52KB) 

 See the world zone page to find out which destinations are grouped in which zone.

As an NZ Post account holder, you can expect to receive notification of the price increases by letter or email in late May 2025. If you haven’t received these details, or if you would like to discuss what this means for your business, please get in touch with your Business Manager or contact us. 

Service and product usage window

If you haven’t used a product in 12 months, NZ Post may remove the service from your contract and pricing schedule. This means that if you use the uncontracted service, this will be charged at the published or card rates, not previously contracted rates. If you would like to use any removed services after a period of inactivity, please reach out to your Business Manager to chat about accessing updated rates and discounts or My NZ Post business to request a call back from our team.

Mail

Sending within NZ

Price changes of the following Standard Mail letter products:

Standard Mail and ReplyPaid letter prices across New Zealand will increase by 60 cents (incl. GST)*. This means that the medium-sized letter will increase to $2.90 (incl. GST) and the large and oversize letters will also increase by 60 cents to $4.20 and $5.50 respectively. ReplyPaid medium – approved format will increase to $2.80.
For full details on Standard Mail, Reply Paid, Prepaid Envelopes and Business Mail Centre Services, please see the Standard Mail Rate Card (PDF 37KB) for pricing.

New pricing will be introduced for all Bulk Mail products. Please see the Bulk Mail Rate Card for pricing.

Existing Bulk Mail guides for your reference (no changes)

For full details of current guidance on Domestic and International Inbound Bulk Mail Envelope Layout Standards, refer to our Envelope Layout Standards (PDF - 4.5MB).  

Full details of the Bulk Mail Chart refer to Bulk Mail Desk Chart (PDF - 60KB). 

For more information on Bulk Mail Zonal Pricing, please refer to the Postal Users’ Guide.

Zonal Pricing

Zone A of Zonal Pricing will be expanded. This will provide an increased coverage of postcodes within this zone, meaning you can send to a greater number of receivers at the lowest priced zone.  Accordingly, the size of Zones B and C will reduce slightly.  

The NZ Post Bulk Mail Zones (.xlsx - 100KB) provides details of the postcode zone and delivery type for all valid postcodes in NZ.

Zonal Pricing rates across AdCard, FlexiMail, Publication Mail and VolumeMail can be found on the Bulk Mail Rate Card.

See the table below for details on what’s changing:

Postcode	Current Zone	New Zone
0110	C	A
0112	C	A
0622	B	A
0632	B	A
0646	C	B
1010	B	A
1011	B	A
1021	B	A
1024	B	A
1051	B	A
1052	B	A
5016	C	A

Sending internationally

Pricing changes for Economy Letters vary by size and zone. The new card rates for Economy Letters can be found below.

Size	Max dimensions (height x length x thickness)	Max weight	*Required postage for Australia and South Pacific (excl. GST)**	*Required postage for Australia and South Pacific (incl. GST)**	*Required postage for rest of the world (excl. GST)**	*Required postage for rest of the world (incl. GST)**
Aerogrammes and postcards	130mm x 235mm	10g	$2.5217	$2.9000	$2.5217	$2.9000
Medium	130mm x 235mm x 5mm	100g	$3.4783	$4.0000	$4.0870	$4.7000
Large	165mm x 235mm x 10mm	200g	$4.0870	$4.7000	$4.7826	$5.5000
Oversize	260mm x 385mm x 10mm	200g	$4.7826	$5.5000	$6.6087	$7.6000

* Required postage is the amount that must be included on an envelope or parcel in order for NZ Post to carry that envelope or parcel across its network. If paying by stamps, GST must be added. The increase in recommended retail price (RRP) of some postage included envelopes may differ from the increase in postage due to increases in other supplier costs. 

Business Reply International

The price for Business Reply will be increased to $3.4780 (GST zero-rated). Read more about Business Reply International.