Domestic delivery updates

Parcels

Minor regional delays

Minor delays across Kaikōura, Hanmer, Dunedin, Timaru, Oamaru, and Central Otago.

Mail

Minor regional delays

Minor delays across Kaikōura, Hanmer, Dunedin, Timaru, Oamaru, and Central Otago. Check your mail delivery days using the Address & Postcode Finder.

Courier parcels and mail

Last updated: 3:30pm, 7 July.

Due to the Red Heavy Rain Warning and severe weather in Marlborough and Canterbury, mail and parcel deliveries in Kaikōura and Hanmer have been suspended, as conditions have made it unsafe to carry out deliveries. Deliveries in and out of Blenheim have been suspended due to the closure of SH1. Please expect delays of 1–2 working days.

Flooding and adverse weather are also impacting deliveries in some areas in and around Dunedin, Timaru, Oamaru, and Central Otago. Deliveries in these areas will continue where it is safe to do so, please expect minor delays to both mail and parcel deliveries across these areas.

This information will be updated as circumstances change, which will not necessarily be daily.

Additional resources for the latest information:

Matariki weekend delivery times

Our team will be delivering to a different schedule for Matariki.

  Mail, Rural & ParcelPost Delivery Courier Delivery
Tuesday
7 July

Items posted by Tuesday 7 July will be targeted for delivery prior to Friday 10 July
Wednesday
8 July
Thursday
9 July

Longer Courier overnight & Courier Economy service times.
Friday
10 July

Matariki

Matariki
Saturday
11 July

Rural services do not operate on this day
Sunday
12 July
Monday
13 July
Tuesday
14 July

Courier Items: Courier (next working day) parcels sent on Thursday 9 July ticketed for Saturday will be targeted for delivery on Saturday 11 July. Courier (next working day) parcels sent on Thursday 9 July will be targeted for delivery on Monday 13 July.

Courier Economy items: Courier Economy parcels sent on Thursday 9 July will be targeted for delivery on Tuesday 14 and Wednesday 15 July.

PO Box Lobbies: PO Box lobbies will be closed on Friday 10 July.

Perishable goods: All Perishables sent on Thursday 9 July must have a Saturday delivery label applied in order to be delivered by Saturday 11 July. Delivery for Perishable items sent on Thursday 9 July without a Saturday label won’t be attempted until Monday 13 July.

Delivery Target: Delivery targets are a guide only and we do not guarantee that your item will reach its destination within the delivery target. Delivery to and from rural or remote areas may take longer. For the purpose of delivery targets, the day in which an item is accepted by us is day zero. If you post an item or hand it over the counter in an NZ Post store after that day’s final clearance, or on a Saturday or Sunday, day zero will be the next working day.