Simplify your shipping

Get quotes, order couriers, and manage all your sending online, from home or work, with NZ Post.

Simplify your shipping

Get quotes, order couriers, and manage all your sending online, from home or work, with NZ Post.

Courier Economy

2-3 working days*

Cost-effectively send tracked parcels within New Zealand.

Send nationwide

  • Tracking
  • Pickup available
  • Notifications and reporting
  • Cover up to $2,000
  • Additional cover over $2,000 available to Business account holders

Available add-ons 
Signature on delivery
Photo on delivery
Rural delivery
 
 

Weight of item
Send up to 25 kg***

Courier

Next working day*

An overnight service for sending tracked parcels within New Zealand.

Send nationwide

  • Tracking
  • Pickup available
  • Notifications and reporting
  • Cover up to $2,000
  • Additional cover over $2,000 available to Business account holders

Available add-ons 
Signature on delivery
Photo on delivery
Saturday delivery**
Rural delivery

Weight of item
Send up to 25 kg***

Express

30 minutes to same day*

The urgent same day, door-to-door courier service with live GPS tracking.

Send anywhere in NZ, 24/7

  • Live GPS tracking
  • Pickup available
  • Notifications and reporting
  • Cover up to $2,000
  • Additional cover over $2,000 available to Business account holders

Available add-ons 
Signature on delivery
Saturday delivery**
Rural delivery
 

Weight of item
Send up to 25 kg***
Send over 25 kg

Variable Fuel Rate (VFR) for November 2024: 3.60%. Learn more
Temporary Cost Continuity (TCC) surcharge for November 2024: 0.0% Learn more

Underticketing

The following fees apply if the parcel does not match the equivalent weight or measurement limits for the purchased postage:

  • Standard Underticketing Fee: $5.50 excluding GST, plus unpaid postage
  • Courier Pack Underticketing Fee (for items incorrectly ticketed as Track Packs or Courier Packs instead of parcels): The difference between the correct size and the ticketed size, plus an administration fee of $5.50 excluding GST

Dangerous Goods non-compliance

If a parcel containing dangerous goods does not comply with our Dangerous Goods requirements, a non-compliance fee of $9.50 excluding GST will apply.

 

* Delivery targets are a guide only. Delivery between some major towns and cities, and to and from rural or remote areas may take longer. Head to the delivery targets support page for more info.

** Please note Saturday delivery is not available for rural (RD) addresses.

*** Maximum parcel size and weight: 25kg weight limit, 0.125m³ volume, 1.5m in length

Hands wrapping a parcel
Hands wrapping a parcel

Buy Courier tickets, packs, packaging & stamps online

Order Courier Packs, tickets, and stationery or shop for NZ Post packaging, stamps, envelopes, and more from our online shops.

Sending letters and mail

For up to 300 letters. To send 300+ letters use Bulk mail.

Hand inserting large envelope into mailbox

KiwiStamp postage stamp

Use the non-denominated KiwiStamp postage stamps to send your business letters and documents within New Zealand.

Children writing letters

ReplyPaid

Encourage customers to respond to your business mail by offering ReplyPaid - the postal version of a freephone number.

Sending guidelines

Cover for loss or damage

Learn what you're covered for, and how to make a claim for an item that's lost or damaged.

Prohibited and restricted items

Not all items are suitable for sending by post or courier. Please check that your item is safe to send.

Sending dangerous goods

Understand your legal obligations as a sender of Dangerous Goods and the approval processes required.

Which tickets should I use?

Find out which pre-paid tickets to use when sending with our pre-paid ticket guide.

Labelling guidelines

See tips for labelling correctly to ensure your parcels travel through our network as efficiently as possible.

Addressing standards

See correct address formats & read tips that will help get your parcels processed & delivered accurately.

Packaging standards

Check out our handy tips on packaging your items so they arrive safely and securely.

Quality addressing

We have a range of products that help businesses manage returned mail and correct addresses.