Domestic delivery updates

Parcels

1-2 day delays

1–2 working day delays across the Coromandel Peninsula, Eastern Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Gisborne, Northland, Auckland and Napier regions (including Rotorua, Tauranga, Whakatāne and rural areas north of Gisborne).

Mail

No delays

No significant delays. Check your mail delivery days using the Address & Postcode Finder.

* Additional working days delay on top of our normal delivery targets.

Courier parcels and mail

Last updated: 12:45pm, 22 January.

Severe weather and road closures are causing delays across the North Island.

There were multiple weather‑related disruptions overnight, particularly in Eastern Waikato and the Bay of Plenty, with several road closures.

Coromandel: Limited activity today due to blocked routes.

Gisborne: Inbound routes from Auckland and Hamilton were closed overnight. Delayed freight is staged in Hamilton and will move to Gisborne today. Rural deliveries north of Gisborne are limited today due to road closures.

 There were also delays into Auckland and Napier due to temporary closures on SH1 overnight.

 Operations have begun in main centres and most rural areas, but localised disruption is expected. Please expect delays of 1–2 working days.

Additional resources for the latest information:

Auckland Anniversary Day delivery times

Our team will be delivering to a different schedule in the Auckland Anniversary regions over the anniversary day weekend. The information below lets you know when mail and parcels will be delivered.

  Mail, Rural & ParcelPost Delivery Courier Delivery
Tuesday
20 January

 
Wednesday
21 January
Thursday
22 January
Friday
23 January

Longer Courier overnight & Courier Economy service times
Saturday
24 January

Rural services do not operate on this day
Sunday
25 January
Monday
26 January

Auckland Anniversary Day

Auckland Anniversary Day
Tuesday
27 January

Courier items: Courier (next working day) parcels sent on Friday 23 January ticketed for Saturday will be targeted for delivery on Saturday 24 January. Courier (next working day) parcels sent on Friday 23 January and not ticketed for Saturday delivery will be targeted for delivery on Tuesday 27 January.

Courier Economy items: Courier Economy parcels sent on Friday 23 January will be targeted for delivery on Wednesday 28 and Thursday 29 January.

PO Box Lobbies: PO Box lobbies within the region will be closed on Monday 26 January.

Perishable Goods: All Perishables sent into the region must be sent on Friday 23 January with a Saturday delivery label applied in order to be delivered by Saturday 24 January, before the public holiday. Delivery for Perishable items sent on Friday 23 January without a Saturday label won’t be attempted until Tuesday 27 January.

Deliverytarget: 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 a NZ Post store after that day’s final clearance, or on a Saturday or Sunday, day zero will be the next working day.