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Cheap Flights from Darwin to New Zealand

Cheapest return prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Auckland
Auckland1 stop$892
Queenstown
Queenstown1 stop$1,398
Christchurch
Christchurch2 stops$1,025
Wellington
Wellington2 stops$1,045
Auckland
Auckland1 stop$892
Queenstown
Queenstown1 stop$1,398
Christchurch
Christchurch2 stops$1,025
Wellington
Wellington2 stops$1,045

Book Cheap Darwin to New Zealand Plane Tickets

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for return flights from Darwin to New Zealand that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent return flight deals from Darwin to New Zealand

Thu, 4 Dec - Fri, 12 Dec
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14:20 - 05:05DRW-AKL
11h 15m1 stop
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19:30 - 15:15AKL-DRW
23h 15m1 stop
$892Multiple Airlines
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Wed, 3 Dec - Fri, 12 Dec
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00:10 - 14:10DRW-AKL
10h 30m1 stop
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08:05 - 15:15AKL-DRW
10h 40m1 stop
$927Jetstar
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Mon, 8 Dec - Mon, 15 Dec
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14:20 - 05:05DRW-AKL
11h 15m1 stop
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06:15 - 23:20AKL-DRW
20h 35m1 stop
$935Multiple Airlines
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Mon, 8 Dec - Mon, 15 Dec
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14:20 - 05:05DRW-AKL
11h 15m1 stop
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06:15 - 23:20AKL-DRW
20h 35m1 stop
$936Multiple Airlines
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Wed, 10 Dec - Thu, 25 Dec
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01:10 - 07:10DRW-AKL
26h 30m2 stops
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16:20 - 11:00AKL-DRW
22h 10m1 stop
$1,234Air New Zealand
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Sun, 29 Mar - Wed, 1 Apr
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00:40 - 14:15DRW-AKL
10h 05m1 stop
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15:30 - 23:55AKL-DRW
11h 55m1 stop
$1,332Virgin Australia
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Mon, 30 Mar - Wed, 1 Apr
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12:35 - 15:05DRW-AKL
23h 00m1 stop
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19:55 - 23:45AKL-DRW
31h 20m1 stop
$1,352Air New Zealand
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Mon, 30 Mar - Wed, 1 Apr
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14:05 - 17:20DRW-AKL
23h 45m1 stop
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11:45 - 23:55AKL-DRW
15h 40m1 stop
$1,357Virgin Australia
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Fri, 26 Dec - Thu, 8 Jan
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00:45 - 22:15DRW-AKL
18h 00m1 stop
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16:35 - 12:00AKL-DRW
22h 55m1 stop
$1,469Qantas Airways
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Tue, 13 Jan - Thu, 29 Jan
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00:45 - 21:05DRW-ZQN
16h 50m2 stops
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07:00 - 00:10ZQN-DRW
20h 40m1 stop
$1,480Qantas Airways
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Booking Insights

KAYAK's insights & trends for Darwin to New Zealand flights

Get data-powered insights and trends into flights from Darwin to New Zealand to help you find the cheapest flights, the best time to fly, and much more.

What is the cheapest month to fly from Darwin to New Zealand?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for round-trip flights from Darwin to New Zealand, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the median of all values for each month.

The cheapest month for flights from Darwin to New Zealand is May, when tickets cost $901 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are December and January, when the average cost of return tickets is $1,483 and $1,159 respectively.

What’s the cheapest day of the week to fly from Darwin to New Zealand?

The average price of all round-trip flights from Darwin to New Zealand clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.

Your flight ticket price will generally be cheaper if you fly to New Zealand on a Sunday and more expensive on a Thursday. On your return trip to Darwin, you should consider flying back on a Thursday, and avoid Wednesdays for better deals.

How far in advance should I book a flight from Darwin to New Zealand?

To calculate weekly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each week before departure over the last year for round-trip flights from Darwin to New Zealand, removes the top 0.1% to account for outliers, and then takes the average of all the values for each week.

To get a below-average price on a flight from Darwin to New Zealand, you should book around 2 weeks before departure, which saves you about 51% compared to booking last-minute. For the absolute cheapest price, our data suggests you should book 18 weeks before departure.

Good to know

Low seasonAugust
Cheapest flight$487
Best time to beat the crowds (20% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly (18% more expensive on average)
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  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from Darwin to New Zealand?

    Hacker Fares allow you to combine one-way tickets in order to save you money over a traditional return ticket. You could then fly from Darwin to New Zealand with an airline and back with another airline.

  • What is KAYAK's "flexible dates" feature and why should I care when looking for a flight from Darwin to New Zealand?

    Sometimes travel dates aren't set in stone. If your preferred travel dates have some wiggle room, flexible dates will show you all the options when flying from Darwin to New Zealand up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

  • What is the cheapest time of day to fly to New Zealand?

    The cheapest time of day to fly to New Zealand is generally at night, when retur flights cost $1,118 on average. Morning departures are around 21% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to New Zealand is generally in the evening, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $1,605.

Reviews of the top 4 airlines flying from Darwin to New Zealand

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Darwin to New Zealand? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
8.0
Air New ZealandOverall score based on 518 reviews
7.4Food
7.5Entertainment
8.5Crew
8.0Comfort
8.2Boarding
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Nice friendly staff and crew. Love the 787 flight. Get meals and lots of drinks!

10.0 ExcellentCory, Oct 2025AKL - YVR
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Nice friendly staff and crew. Love the 787 flight. Get meals and lots of drinks!

Great entertainment options on the screen. uSB A and C chargers. Free WiFi! Crew were excellent.

Service was excellent and they’re very helpful and nice

Check in crew member was very helpful, nice and excellent service👍

Overall the plane was good and the crew great. The big disappointment was the skycouch. Maybe it would be good if you were a parent with 2 small kids travelling but as a couple it's hopeless. It's impossible for 2 adults to lie down so one ends up sitting. We split our time with one lying and the other sitting. We both got more sleep sitting upright. We will never book one again and don't recommend it to anyone.

Not a comfortable trip, the seats are not good, and they look old.

Lost my luggage and brought someone else luggage to my airport.

Not entirely positive. It’s frustrating that everything is done through the united app. One of our flight attendants on our trip from San Francisco to MSP continually had trouble hearing people so she flipped her hair into people’s faces

I flew United from San Francisco to Auckland. My connecting flight from Auckland to Christchurch was canceled with no explanation. I was finally told the cancellation was due to fog. Even though it was clear when we landed. I am from San Francisco, I know what fog is! And I didn't see any fog. I was told the next available flight was 7 hours later. Unacceptable, they should have had a flight ready to go as soon as it was deemed safe to take off.

Our original flight was cancelled from SFO to AKL on 6/16/25. So we had to stay overnight at a hotel after a 12-hour layover plus 3-hour delay before the cancellation. Then had to fly to LA and then to AKL the following day losing an entire day of our vacation in NZ, that we can never get back.

Overall experience was good but what really impressed me the most was the care the flight attendants took of a sick passenger who was sitting in front of me. The flight attendants would come and check on her quite regularly providing her support and comfort. Brilliant service!

Only answered OK and poor as there was no entertainment and I didnt have any food

4.5 hr international flight. We got a glass of water. Ranks up there with Ryan Air, Easy Jet, Spirit and Frontier. Expected better.

Gluten free options less explicit on business class, but great service

Very good… seems the virgin staff particularly in the lounge and in flight exceeded expectations.

I liked everything about the experience but would have liked some free snacks!

Crew was great but flight was delayed almost three hours due to a technical issue and we had to go back to the terminal and wait for another one.

Being told why we delayed three hours and not even given an apology by someone. Not a word. Not my airline of choice ever.

Checked Baggage line up was long but moved quickly, rest of the process, boarding, crew was excellent

Virgin has always provided a smooth and comfortable flight. This one was no different. Seats are comfortable. Staff are great. This is my favourite airline.

Basic airline, aircraft and service. AA gets you from point A to B. My flight was delayed by 2 hours too.

No internet on flight, which makes log travels really hard.

Not great. The inflight entertainment was all on an app, and I did not want to watch a film on my phone. Also, the range of options of films was limited.

by the time they got to our row, they were out of some of the food options. games and movies were great but maybe more game options like tetris or pac man would be great

A few more inches of legroom is all i ask

Great as usual, some delays but well communicated and made up for in the air

Business class points redemption - good value for points paid, dubious value if out of your own pocket, domestic class business product okay for this length of flight. The flight left and arrived on time, crew were good, aircraft was a bit old and tired, but still miles ahead of their competitors in Virgin and Jetstar.

Airline running better than post Covid, proper boarding process now implemented, some aircraft feeling a bit old and tired, crew fine, online experience better.

We were upgraded and after just a short delay in attending to a safety check we were on our way. Would definately fly Qantas International on their Dreamliner again.

Five hour flight instead of four hours due to westerly headwinds which wasn’t the fault of Qantas !

Late leaving and desintuon board showed ‘gate closed’ when they hadn’t even commenced boarding!

Flight was delayed more than 1.5 hours. Gate changed multiple times

The good thing is that the flight got us from Darwin to Brisbane. However, it would have to be the most uncomfortable flight I have ever taken and if I can possibly avoid flying Jetstar again, I will.

I was treated poorly in Dunedin by check in crew, then my bag was lost in Auckland. Never again.

no announcement about why we where delayed which is very poor

It was better than I expected. Thought $5 for a small cup of tea was a bit much!

Overall good trip I find seats a bit hard. We were waiting on board for about an hour for 2 passengers with some document issue. This main our arrival late for our pickup person.

15kg allowance is outrageous. Change of time a few days before departure and more than 2 hours of delay in the end. The worse we’ve taken so far in Oceania.

They added the weight of my back to the carryon luggage and charged me NZ$75 for being over 7 kg.

stuck in the aircraft for over three hours due to engineering work, significantly delayed and made a lot of passengers missed the connecting transport, no mention any compensation

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