Originally Posted by
pkshirsagar
I was pretty much looking for the same answer if anyone has recent experiences?
While Air NZ are pretty flexible with the bag drop or will put the bag on the next flight in the worst case, I'm going to AU Friday night returning Sunday arvo so I'd like to be safer than sorry!

putting bags on a later flight is risky for an airline. It is recommended that bags travel with the pax (there has been much lesson learnt after AI 182. It is a different story (which is still a problem) if it is the airline's fault for not putting the bags with the pax.