Originally Posted by
kiwifrequentflyer
There is no way to do this as far as I'm aware. Once you get dumped in the bag collection zone, that's it: your only way out is to collect your bags and then exit security. Now you'd be landside with the domestic terminal closed.
I'm curious as to what flights land you at this awful time with such an awful connection.
The latest domestic departure from AKL is 9pm, so any international arrival from around 8pm will cause an overnight connection.
Worst case are the many international transtasman arrivals landing between 10:55pm to 12:55am, which connect to the earliest domestic flights from approx. 6:30am.