I have checked in online for the flight, Auckland to Cairns tomorrow. We will have access to premium check in. The online check in said that we needed to arrive at the airport no later that 90 min before the flight, the Air NZ websites says that bag drop closes 60 min before the flight departs.

What sort of timing do you guys to with bag drop on flights to Australia? How tightly do they enforce the 60 min rule?