Originally Posted by
Thai-Kiwi
I have also had my carry-on 'randomly' checked/weighed departing Auckland airport internationally. I say randomly as it was a standard sized carry-on, without any obvious 'bulging'! Others were not stopped with more suspciously larger bags...
In recent years there have been periods of random checks before you clear screening. The good news for premium Air NZ pax was that you avoided this using the premium lift and customs area.