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What is the cheapest flight to New Zealand?

These are the best return prices found by users searching on KAYAK in the last 72 hours.
The cheapest ticket to New Zealand from the Cook Islands found in the last 72 hours was to Auckland, at $149 return. The most popular route is Rarotonga (RAR) to Auckland (AKL) and the cheapest return airline ticket found on this route in the last 72 hours was $149.

What is the cheapest day to fly to New Zealand?

The average price of all flights from the Cook Islands to New Zealand clicked on KAYAK for each day over the last 12 months.
Based on KAYAK data, the cheapest day to fly to New Zealand is Saturday when return tickets can be as cheap as $521. On the other hand, the most expensive day to fly is Monday, when return prices are $938 on average.

What is the cheapest month to fly from the Cook Islands to New Zealand?

To calculate monthly average prices, KAYAK takes all prices for each month over the last year for flights from the Cook Islands 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 the Cook Islands to New Zealand is March, when tickets cost $688 (return) on average. On the other hand, the most expensive months are September and January, when the average cost of round-trip tickets is $1,302 and $1,174 respectively.

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

The average price for all round-trip flights from the Cook Islands to New Zealand depending on the time of departure, clicked by users on KAYAK in the last 2 weeks.
The cheapest time of day to fly to New Zealand is generally at night, when round-trip flights cost $275 on average. Morning departures are around 100% cheaper than evening flights, on average. The most expensive time of day to fly to New Zealand is generally in the afternoon, which is peak travel time and where the average cost of a ticket is $466.

Which is the cheapest airport to fly into in New Zealand?

Prices will differ depending on the departure airport, but generally, the cheapest airport to fly to in New Zealand is Auckland Intl Airport (AKL), with an average flight price of $524.

Good to know

Low season

February

High season

December

Cheapest flight

$308
Best time to beat the crowds (12% less expensive on average)
Most popular time to fly and prices are also 10% lower on average.
Flight from Rarotonga to Auckland

FAQs for booking flights from the Cook Islands to New Zealand

  • How does KAYAK find such low prices on flights from the Cook Islands to New Zealand?

    KAYAK is a travel search engine. That means we look across the web to find the best prices we can find for our users. With over 2 billion flight queries processed yearly, we are able to display a variety of prices and options on flights from the Cook Islands to New Zealand.

  • How does KAYAK's flight Price Forecast tool help me choose the right time to buy my flight ticket from the Cook Islands to New Zealand?

    KAYAK’s flight Price Forecast tool uses historical data to determine whether the price for a flight from the Cook Islands to New Zealand is likely to change within 7 days, so travellers know whether to wait or book now.

  • What is the Hacker Fare option on flights from the Cook Islands 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 the Cook Islands 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 the Cook Islands 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 the Cook Islands to New Zealand up to 3 days before/after your preferred dates. You can then pick the flights that suit you best.

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Top airlines flying from the Cook Islands to New Zealand

Need help choosing which airline to fly with from the Cook Islands 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.
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Air New ZealandOverall score based on 463 reviews
8.0Comfort
8.5Crew
8.2Boarding
7.4Entertainment
7.2Food
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Arriving at Coolangatta, rows 20 forward, took the airbridge across to the terminal. It was suggested to those from rows 21 back, that we take the rear stairs and to be careful crossing the tarmac. That was all well and good. However, when we got across to the terminal we then had to climb three large flights of stairs to meet up with those coming across the airbridge. No elevator! There were people carrying babies and elderly carrying hand luggage that needed assistance from others.. There was no option to turn back.

10.0 ExcellentSandra, Apr 2025AKL - OOL
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Arriving at Coolangatta, rows 20 forward, took the airbridge across to the terminal. It was suggested to those from rows 21 back, that we take the rear stairs and to be careful crossing the tarmac. That was all well and good. However, when we got across to the terminal we then had to climb three large flights of stairs to meet up with those coming across the airbridge. No elevator! There were people carrying babies and elderly carrying hand luggage that needed assistance from others.. There was no option to turn back.

It was good for a short domestic flight. As no food ar entertainment provided, there should be a n/a rating available for those.

USB charging ports did not work on any of Air New Zealand flights

Economy was much nicer on the Air New Zealand planes.

At Coolangatta International it is difficult to hear voice boarding announcements when away from screen announcements.

Flew premium economy, well worth the extra. Much better seat size & space. Meals & snacks were lovely. Crew really pleasant. Internet is not great, not really useful for anything. Couldn't even send messages.

Everything was fine. Wish the wifi was free and included in the ticket price.

Nothing special short flight - all good - difference between 1 fudge and 2 fudge is obligation and thankfulness

The flight we had booked was cancelled due to bad weather conditions, but we were lucky to arrive at the airport quite early and got a seat on an earlier flight. The flight was mostly nice, but there were some hefty turbulences towards Queenstown. One of the passengers behaved hysterically. It would have been great if the crew had done something to calm her.

Sitting in an aisle seat equals getting hit by food cart and spilled on multiple times Food: gross and minimalistic Crew: frumpy and kurt Sound on multiple entertainment platforms poor Not an earplug problem, system soundboard poor

Overall, it was good. The only concern was that I couldn't charge my phone because the USB port didn't work after we took off. One of the crew members tried to restart it but never came back to me with an update.

Comfortable seats, boarding was easy and staff were very nice.

Flight was fine but a domestic flight was called by Jetstar international. This meant going through immigration and custom scanning twice. Long queues were experienced which were frustrating. We were using a wheelchair and exit at Perth needed a scissor lift as no air bridge provided. No fast lane at Perth for wheelchair. The staff were helpful but this system is poor.

The crew were great. The seat was older than an old Holden with a big metal bar sticking right into my back. The passenger next to me complained that hers was the same. The pre purchase system for food was disappointing as the pie/quiche took 20 mins to warm up, arrived too hot and with no utensils. It was one of the most uncomfortable flights I've ever been on.

Not very good, no food and not drink ( caffe or tea). Never ever fly with jet star.

Fabulous I have no issues with JetStar great service always use them to fly

Flight was as expected - we got what we paid for which was a base fare

Hardly we had overweight and we were asked to pay $75. We were checked by a female and weight was alright

Unaware of charge for carry on until i got to gate

I got what I paid for - flight was clean, staff were friendly

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