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A Courier service introduced by New Zealand Post looks set to boost trans-Tasman air cargo and to increase traffic on several other routes. The new product has been developed in response to the boom in internet trading and recognizes that some customers are not in a rip-roaring hurry to receive their consignments.

Called International Economy Courier, it offers a rate discount of around 30 per cent on equivalent premium services.

Consignments from New Zealand are delivered to Australian customers in two to three days and to those in 10 other countries within a maximum of six days at the greatest geographic reach.

Studies by the Nielsen research group had shown that many parcels and documents “don’t have to be on someone’s desk in Sydney the next day,” she said. “The Nielsen research showed that many organizations — particularly exporters – would be more than happy for a parcel to take two to three days to cross the Tasman if it meant they’d make big cost savings.”

Kernot explained that New Zealand Post wanted to fill “a major hole in the market – between the low cost international mail services and the high-cost courier services offered by most international courier companies”.

A key factor in developing the economy product was, she said, the “astonishing number” of people in other countries buying products from New Zealand websites. This includes both innovative commercial traders and the hyper-active TradeMe online auction house which is now Australian-owned.

Kernot compared the NZD 53.75 (GBP 20.75) charge for a 5 kg package sent from New Zealand to Sydney using the new product with the NZD 76.79 (GBP 29.71) cost of utilizing the company’s premium product.

Other countries covered by the economy service are Canada, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, the United States, Ireland and the UK.