Thanks all for your advice; seems like AKL luggage storage is the way to go.

It's going to be extremely interesting with all the coordination in NZ for the week, since I am also bed running (which means all 1 night stays - lots of fun. Combine that with a full-day ROT tour ex-AKL on the Wed (which means trying to early checkout and find a way to negotiate on luggage storage for the day until late...))

The AKL/WLG sector flights are 1 hour and all say that the meal is a "Snack". What can I expect? Biscuit and a juice? Or perhaps just juice? Nuts and sultanas perhaps? Or dread I say nothing? Just want to be prepared since I'll be flying that day at most seven times, just in case I should be expecting seven biscuits. I remember my SYD-ABX MR; after sultanas in the morning and a fudge brownie next, I think I "stored away" the next two fudge brownies.

I hope AKL traffic settles down at around 8pm at night, because after flying for around 7 hours or so in the day (and that's just air time) I don't really want to spend 1.5+ hrs in traffic getting back to the hotel....