Originally Posted by
Guyin
There are so many ways you can fly directly to NZ from so many other countries, .
Unfortunately for British nationals travelling from UK this is not true at present.
International arrivals into NZ are sparse: just LA, HK and Australia. The US does not allow entry to European nationals and HK is closed for transit. There are other requirements that differ between the AU state governments: though at present Victoria (MEL) doesn't require the extra advance paperwork that NSW/QLD do to allow transit.
Agree that this is all moot though if the poster is not a New Zealand citizen or travelling with her NZ citizen spouse.