Poste Restante

Poste Restante is an inexpensive service for receiving letters, parcels and messages while you’re visiting New Zealand from overseas.


The Poste Restante service provides you with:

  • a location to hold mail and parcels until you are ready to collect them.
  • a location to redirect mail to.
  • a place to leave messages for you.

You don't need to register - simply let others know which Poste Restante address you want your mail forwarded to and it will arrive ready for you to collect.

Your mail items can be held for a maximum of 2 months, after which any unclaimed letters or parcels will be returned to the sender. 

How to address Poste Restante mail

Mr A B Jones (Post Restante)
NZ Post Shop Hawera
162 High Street
Hawera 4610

Prices

The Poste Restante fees depend on how long we hold your items. The first 7 days are free of charge and then charged weekly to a maximum of 2 months. 

Duration

Letters and parcels
(up to 30kg fee incl gst)

0 - 7 days Free
7 - 14 days $11.00
14 - 21 days $16.50
21 - 28 days $22.00
28 - 35 days $27.50
35 - 42 days $33.00
42 - 49 days $38.50
49 - 56 days $44.00
56 - 63 days $49.50

 

Find a Poste Restante location

You can have mail redirected from one Poste Restante location to another within New Zealand. We can't redirect your items to a hotel, motel, motor camp or boarding house.

PostShop Address Phone Fax
Auckland NZ Post Centre Orakei
Orakei Superette
64 Coates Avenue
Orakei
Auckland 1071
0800 501 501  
Auckland NZ Post Centre Avondale
Starway Stationers
1978 Great North Rd
Avondale
Auckland 1026
09 828 8272  
Auckland NZ Post Centre Piha
Piha Ratepayers and Residents Assoc. 
26 Seaview Rd
Piha
Auckland 0772
09 812 8658  
Blenheim NZ Post Shop Blenheim Central
Paper Plus 
52 Market St
Blenheim 7201
03 577 6363  
Christchurch Cashel Box Lobby
67 Cashel Street
Christchurch 8013
0800 501 501 03 353 1869
Great Barrier Island NZ Post Centre Tryphena
OutPost
82 Blackwell Dr
RD 1 
Great Barrier Island 0991
09 429 0610  
Hawera NZ Post Shop Hawera
162 High Street
Hawera 4610
06 278 7197 06 278 4924
Kaiaua NZ Post Centre Kaiaua
Kaiaua Seaside Store
999 Coast Rd
Kaiaua 2473
09 232 2824  
Kerikeri NZ Post Shop Kerikeri
Books on Hobson
6 Hobson Ave
Kerikeri 0230
09 407 9721 09 407 9722
Masterton NZ Post Shop Masterton
Paper Plus Masterton
181 Queen Street
Masterton 5810
06 378 8300 06 370 9257
Motueka NZ Post Shop Motueka
Paper Plus Motueka
151 High Street
Motueka 7120
03 528 8886  
Nelson NZ Post Centre The Wood
Milton Street Store Post & Lotto
136 Milton Street
The Wood
Nelson 7010
03 548 3718  
New Plymouth NZ Post Centre New Plymouth
Taranaki Stationery 
4 Egmont St
New Plymouth 4310
06 759 0282  
Paihia NZ Post Shop Paihia
Paihia Bookshop
2/39 Williams Road
Paihia 0200
09 402 7618  
Picton NZ Post Shop Picton Central
Freshchoice Picton
1/100 High Street
Picton 7220
03 573 6463  
Takaka NZ Post Shop Takaka
Take Note Takaka
29 Commercial Street
Takaka 7110
03 525 9702 03 525 9716
Taranaki NZ Post Shop Urenui
Gas Urenui
7 Nikorima Street
Urenui 4375
06 752 3869  
Tauranga NZ Post Centre Omokoroa Beach
Omokoroa Beach Store
4 The Esplanade
Omokoroa 3114
07 548 0888  
Wanaka NZ Post Shop Wanaka Central
Paper Plus Wanaka
23 Helwick St
Wanaka 9305
03 443 7532  
Wellington Wellington Box Lobby
7 Waterloo Quay
Pipitea 
Wellington 6011
0800 501 501 04 801 2428