New Zealand food delivered to Perth
New Zealand food, biscuits and spreads delivered to Perth from Auckland by DHL Express, usually 1 to 3 business days. Prices in Australian dollars.
- Carrier
- DHL Express
- Typical transit
- 1 to 3 business days
- You shop in
- AUD
- Dispatched
- 1–2 business days
Perth is the most isolated capital city in the world, and that changes the question people are really asking.
In Melbourne or Sydney, ordering food from New Zealand competes with the idea of finding a shop that stocks it. In Perth, almost everything on a shelf has already travelled several thousand kilometres to get there. A parcel from Auckland is not the unusual option. It is the same kind of trip, arriving in the same 1 to 3 business days as it would to the east coast.
At the last census, 59,459 people in Greater Perth were born in New Zealand.
Distance does not change the price
Worth stating plainly, because people assume it does: shipping to Perth costs exactly what shipping to Sydney costs. The rate follows the weight of the box, and the whole of Australia is one shipping zone. A 2 kg box is a 2 kg box wherever in the country it lands.
What distance does change is nothing at all, in this case, which is unusual and worth knowing.
Dry heat is the easier heat
Perth summers are long and genuinely hot, but they are dry, and dry is kinder to a parcel than Brisbane’s humidity. A chocolate block that would be a poor idea in a Queensland January often survives a Perth October.
December to March is still the window to avoid for anything with chocolate in it. Outside that, a Peanut Slab or a block travels fine. Through the hot months, the biscuit and spread aisles are the safe ground.
Why these four
Perth order history here is too slight to generalise from, so we have not tried. These are picked for somewhere everything arrives from a long way off. Sturdy formats, larger sizes, on the logic that a trip worth making is a trip worth loading up. The chips are the exception, and they earn it on bulk rather than weight.
The big peanut butter jar is on this list for a Perth-specific reason. When a parcel is making a long trip anyway, buy the size that lasts. Not the size you would pick up on a weekly shop. A kilogram jar takes half the weight allowance on its own. That sounds like a lot until you remember the first 2 kg all ships at one rate.
The Kiwi community here
59,459
people living in Greater Perth were born in New Zealand. A large Kiwi community in the most isolated capital city in the world.
Source: ABS 2021 CensusChocolate and the weather
Dry heat, which is kinder than Brisbane's but still heat.
Perth summers are long and hot but dry, and dry is easier on a parcel than humidity is. Chocolate is still a winter order from about December to March. Outside those months a block usually arrives fine.
Read our heat-sensitive products policyGood picks for Perth
Chosen for this city and this climate, not a bestseller list.
Thick enough to take a knock, and the bar Perth Kiwis name most often.
A biscuit tin staple that arrives intact. Good from April onwards.
The big jar. If everything has to travel a long way, buy the size that lasts.
New Zealand chips, which take up room without adding weight.
Ordered most often, everywhere
Not enough orders have gone to Perth yet to show what is popular there specifically, so this is what the whole shop orders most.
One rate covers the first 2 kg
Your DHL Express rate to Perth follows the weight of the box, not the distance. A half full box costs the same to send as a full one, so the trick is filling it well. Above 2 kg a step rate applies per 0.5 kg, and the exact figure shows at checkout once you enter your address.
Import charges are set by the Australian government, never added by us. If anything is owed, DHL contacts you before delivery. The current rules are on the Australian Border Force site.
Delivery to Perth
How long does delivery to Perth take ＋
Typically 1 to 3 business days with DHL Express once your order leaves Auckland, the same band as the rest of Australia, with dispatch inside 1 to 2 business days of payment. These are carrier estimates rather than guarantees.
Does it cost more to ship to Perth than to Sydney ＋
No. The rate follows the weight of the box, not the distance. Australia is one shipping zone, so Perth and Sydney cost the same to send to.
Do you have a shop in Perth ＋
No. We are an online store in Auckland and everything is posted from there.
When should I avoid ordering chocolate ＋
December through March. Parcels travel unrefrigerated and melted chocolate is not refunded. Dry heat is gentler than humidity, but a Perth February is still a Perth February.
Other Australian cities
- Adelaide Hot dry summers, cool nights, and a long comfortable shoulder.
- Brisbane The hardest climate on this list for anything with chocolate in it.
- Gold Coast The warmest and most humid destination on this list.
- Melbourne The best chocolate window of any Australian city.
- Sydney Humid summers, mild everything else.
Send a taste of home to Perth
Packed in Auckland, on its way in 1–2 business days, with DHL Express tracking the whole way.