There are 8 ways to get from Kuwait to New Zealand by plane, car, or bus
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Fly Kuwait International Airport to Christchurch International Airport
best- Fly from Kuwait International Airport (KWI) to Christchurch International Airport (CHC)plane KWI - CHC
26h 8m$787–1,642Fly Kuwait International Airport to Auckland
- Fly from Kuwait International Airport (KWI) to Auckland (AKL)plane KWI - AKL
28h 59m$887–2,754Fly Kuwait International Airport to Wellington
- Fly from Kuwait International Airport (KWI) to Wellington (WLG)plane KWI - WLG
25h 55m$790–1,649Drive to Basra International Airport, fly to Auckland
- Drive from Kuwait City to Basra International Airport (BSR)car
- Fly from Basra International Airport (BSR) to Auckland (AKL)plane BSR - AKL
29h 21m$1,620–4,438Fly Kuwait International Airport to Tauranga Airport
- Fly from Kuwait International Airport (KWI) to Tauranga Airport (TRG)plane KWI - TRG
31h 58m$867–2,682Fly Kuwait International Airport to Palmerston
- Fly from Kuwait International Airport (KWI) to Palmerston (PMR)plane KWI - PMR
33h 5m$885–2,741Fly Kuwait International Airport to Rotorua, bus
- Fly from Kuwait International Airport (KWI) to Rotorua (ROT)plane KWI - ROT
- Take the bus from Rotorua Airport to Taurangabus
35h 26mFly Kuwait International Airport to Queenstown Airport, bus
- Fly from Kuwait International Airport (KWI) to Queenstown Airport (ZQN)plane KWI - ZQN
- Take the bus from Frankton Bus Interchange to Otago Universitybus
31h 20m$808–1,692
Kuwait International Airport (KWI) to Christchurch International Airport (CHC) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Kuwait to New Zealand is to fly which costs $750 - $1,700 and takes 25h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Kuwait to New Zealand is to fly which takes 25h 55m and costs $750 - $1,700.
The distance between Kuwait and New Zealand is 14925 km.
It takes approximately 26h 8m to get from Kuwait to New Zealand, including transfers.
New Zealand is 10h ahead of Kuwait. It is currently 7:09 AM in Kuwait and 5:09 PM in New Zealand.
There are 2325+ hotels available in New Zealand.
What companies run services between Kuwait and New Zealand?
Kuwait Airways, Thai Airways International, and five other airlines fly from Kuwait International Airport (KWI) to Christchurch International Airport (CHC) 4 times a day.
Airlines
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Kuwait International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Manila, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–1,600
Flights from Kuwait International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,100
Flights from Kuwait International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–4,900
Flights from Kuwait International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Colombo, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,200
Flights from Kuwait International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Phuket, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 34m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,200
Flights from Kuwait International Airport to Auckland via Phuket, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,100
Flights from Kuwait International Airport to Auckland via Suvarnabhumi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,700
Flights from Kuwait International Airport to Auckland via Phuket, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 29h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,100
Flights from Kuwait International Airport to Auckland via Suvarnabhumi, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,100
Flights from Kuwait International Airport to Auckland via Suvarnabhumi, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,100
Flights from Kuwait International Airport to Wellington via Manila, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–1,600
Flights from Kuwait International Airport to Wellington via Suvarnabhumi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,700
Flights from Kuwait International Airport to Wellington via Suvarnabhumi, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,200
Flights from Kuwait International Airport to Wellington via Phuket, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,100
Flights from Basra International Airport to Auckland via Doha, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–4,400
Flights from Basra International Airport to Auckland via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,700–5,500
Flights from Kuwait International Airport to Tauranga Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,600
Flights from Kuwait International Airport to Tauranga Airport via Phuket, Sydney, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,100
Flights from Kuwait International Airport to Tauranga Airport via Phuket, Melbourne, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,100
Flights from Kuwait International Airport to Tauranga Airport via Bengaluru, Sydney, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,600
Flights from Kuwait International Airport to Tauranga Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Brisbane, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,100
Flights from Kuwait International Airport to Palmerston via Suvarnabhumi, Brisbane, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,100
Flights from Kuwait International Airport to Rotorua via Guangzhou Baiyun, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,600
Flights from Kuwait International Airport to Rotorua via Phuket, Sydney, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,100
Flights from Kuwait International Airport to Rotorua via Phuket, Melbourne, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,100
Flights from Kuwait International Airport to Rotorua via Suvarnabhumi, Brisbane, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 47h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,100
Flights from Kuwait International Airport to Queenstown Airport via Manila, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–1,600
Flights from Kuwait International Airport to Queenstown Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 29h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–4,900
Flights from Kuwait International Airport to Queenstown Airport via Phuket, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,200
Flights from Kuwait International Airport to Queenstown Airport via Colombo, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,200
- Website
- airnewzealand.com
Flights from Kuwait International Airport to Wellington via Manila, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $750–1,600
Flights from Basra International Airport to Auckland via Doha, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–4,400
Flights from Kuwait International Airport to Tauranga Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,600
Flights from Kuwait International Airport to Palmerston via Guangzhou Baiyun, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,700
Flights from Kuwait International Airport to Palmerston via Suvarnabhumi, Melbourne, Christchurch International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,200
Flights from Kuwait International Airport to Palmerston via Colombo, Sydney, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 47h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–2,800
Flights from Kuwait International Airport to Rotorua via Guangzhou Baiyun, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,600
Flights from Kuwait International Airport to Rotorua via Colombo, Sydney, Auckland
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 1h
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,800
Flights from Kuwait International Airport to Queenstown Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–3,200
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Kuwait International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–4,900
Flights from Kuwait International Airport to Auckland via Suvarnabhumi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,700
Flights from Kuwait International Airport to Wellington via Suvarnabhumi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,700
Flights from Kuwait International Airport to Wellington via Suvarnabhumi, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,200
Flights from Basra International Airport to Auckland via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,700–5,500
Flights from Basra International Airport to Auckland via Doha, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–4,400
Flights from Kuwait International Airport to Queenstown Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 29h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–4,900
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Kuwait International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 29h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–3,200
Flights from Kuwait International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–3,200
Flights from Kuwait International Airport to Auckland via Suvarnabhumi, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,200
Flights from Kuwait International Airport to Wellington via Suvarnabhumi, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,200
Flights from Kuwait International Airport to Wellington via Suvarnabhumi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 30m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,300–3,100
Flights from Kuwait International Airport to Wellington via Manila, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $750–1,600
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Kuwait International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,100
Flights from Kuwait International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–4,900
Flights from Kuwait International Airport to Auckland via Suvarnabhumi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,700
Flights from Kuwait International Airport to Auckland via Suvarnabhumi, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–3,100
Flights from Kuwait International Airport to Wellington via Suvarnabhumi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,400–4,700
Flights from Kuwait International Airport to Queenstown Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Sydney
- Ave. Duration
- 29h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,500–4,900
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Kuwait International Airport to Christchurch International Airport via Colombo, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,200
Flights from Kuwait International Airport to Auckland via Phuket, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 29h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,100
Flights from Kuwait International Airport to Auckland via Suvarnabhumi, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,100
Flights from Basra International Airport to Auckland via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,700–5,500
Flights from Kuwait International Airport to Queenstown Airport via Phuket, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,200
Flights from Kuwait International Airport to Queenstown Airport via Colombo, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,200–3,200
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Basra International Airport to Auckland via Doha, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 40m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–4,400
Flights from Basra International Airport to Auckland via Doha, Melbourne
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 20m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–4,400
Flights from Basra International Airport to Auckland via Doha, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 25m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $1,600–4,400
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Kuwait International Airport to Auckland via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,700
Bus operators
- Phone
- +64 9 583 5780
- [email protected]
- Website
- InterCity
Bus from Rotorua Airport to Tauranga
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- InterCity
Bus from Frankton Bus Interchange to Otago University
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $16–45
- Website
- InterCity
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