Originally Posted by
Craze
Unfortunately it's pretty expensive to travel within Australia and NZ, hence why it's more popular to fly overseas! Having said that Jetstar and occasionally Virgin does some deals which can be pretty cheap so it's worthwhile looking out for them.
I've never traveled to NZ so can't comment on the price,s however just for comparison I managed to score $120 return flight between Melb-->Sydney and $250 return flight for Melbourne-->Gold Coast.
Air New Zealand is having some sales at the moment flying to Auckland/Christchurch in May/June for about $250 return, best prices I've seen for a long time!
Flying within New Zealand, isn't expensive unless your flying Regional routes at last minute notice. The average lead-in fare for NZ would be around $79, with plenty of availability. Lead in fares on AKL-WLG are around $59 and with AKL-CHC $69.
NZ matches JQ's lead-in fare most of the time, so unless there is a major sporting event or you booking on the same week.