<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by rosebud:
Also I get the impresstion that buying the PPT-AKL ticket separately will cost a fortune.</font>
It's not cheap. A one way ticket is over £1100 so a round trip is a bargain at £415 (due to the vagaries of airline pricing). Of course, you might just miss that return segment flight due to the enchanting beauty of Tahiti.
Sure makes that LAX detour look more palatable.
BTW, IMHO DPS is a lot easier to get to, a lot less expensive and the locals are much more hospitable than PPT.