$709 Find Cheap Flights from Des Moines to New Zealand

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Cheap Flights from Des Moines to New Zealand

Cheapest round-trip prices found by our users on KAYAK in the last 72 hours
Auckland
Auckland1 stop$862
Queenstown
Queenstown2 stops$1,108
Dunedin
Dunedin2 stops$1,340
Nelson
Nelson2 stops$1,468
Auckland
Auckland1 stop$862
Queenstown
Queenstown2 stops$1,108
Dunedin
Dunedin2 stops$1,340
Nelson
Nelson2 stops$1,468

Book Cheap Des Moines to New Zealand Plane Tickets

 
Here are some of the best deals found on KAYAK recently from the most popular airlines for round-trip flights from Des Moines to New Zealand that are departing in the next months. While these flights were available on KAYAK in the last 72 hours, prices and availability are subject to change and deals may expire.
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Recent round-trip flight deals from Des Moines to New Zealand

Mon, Feb 9 - Fri, Feb 20
American Airlines Logo
5:51 pm - 9:10 am
DSM
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AKL
20h 19m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
3:50 pm - 2:12 pm
AKL
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DSM
17h 22m
1 stop
$862American Airlines
Sat, Feb 28 - Sat, Mar 7
United Airlines Logo
11:30 am - 9:10 am
DSM
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AKL
26h 40m
2 stops
United Airlines Logo
3:50 pm - 9:30 am
AKL
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DSM
36h 40m
2 stops
$866United Airlines
Mon, Mar 9 - Tue, Mar 24
United Airlines Logo
7:15 am - 8:10 am
DSM
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AKL
30h 55m
2 stops
United Airlines Logo
2:50 pm - 10:30 am
AKL
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DSM
37h 40m
2 stops
$951United Airlines
Tue, Feb 17 - Tue, Mar 17
American Airlines Logo
6:08 pm - 9:10 am
DSM
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AKL
20h 02m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
7:35 am - 2:32 pm
AKL
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DSM
24h 57m
2 stops
$1,012American Airlines
Tue, Feb 17 - Tue, Mar 17
American Airlines Logo
1:38 pm - 9:55 am
DSM
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AKL
25h 17m
2 stops
American Airlines Logo
7:35 am - 2:32 pm
AKL
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DSM
24h 57m
2 stops
$1,016American Airlines
Sat, Feb 28 - Sat, Mar 7
American Airlines Logo
5:05 am - 9:10 am
DSM
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AKL
33h 05m
1 stop
American Airlines Logo
1:20 pm - 11:40 pm
AKL
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DSM
29h 20m
2 stops
$1,017American Airlines
Sun, Mar 1 - Sun, Mar 8
United Airlines Logo
5:03 pm - 9:10 am
DSM
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AKL
45h 07m
2 stops
United Airlines Logo
2:50 pm - 9:30 am
AKL
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DSM
37h 40m
2 stops
$1,032United Airlines
Sun, Mar 1 - Sun, Mar 8
United Airlines Logo
3:24 pm - 9:10 am
DSM
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AKL
46h 46m
2 stops
United Airlines Logo
2:50 pm - 1:24 pm
AKL
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DSM
41h 34m
2 stops
$1,033United Airlines
Wed, Mar 4 - Thu, Apr 9
Air New Zealand Logo
7:52 am - 5:55 am
DSM
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AKL
27h 03m
1 stop
Air New Zealand Logo
7:50 pm - 10:43 pm
AKL
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DSM
19h 53m
1 stop
$1,052Air New Zealand
Thu, Jun 25 - Mon, Jul 13
Air New Zealand Logo
3:00 pm - 12:20 pm
DSM
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ZQN
28h 20m
2 stops
Air New Zealand Logo
3:05 pm - 10:30 pm
ZQN
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DSM
24h 25m
2 stops
$1,236Air New Zealand
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KAYAK's insights & trends for Des Moines to New Zealand flights

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Which airlines fly non-stop between Des Moines and New Zealand?

Airline and price data is aggregated from results in KAYAK’s search results from the last 2 weeks for round-trip flights from Des Moines to New Zealand.

There are 3 airlines that fly nonstop from Des Moines to New Zealand. They are: American Airlines, United Airlines and Air New Zealand. The cheapest price of all airlines flying this route was found with United Airlines at $793 for a round-trip flight to Auckland (AKL). On average, American Airlines offers the best prices for nonstop flights between Des Moines and New Zealand.

Which airlines provide the cheapest flights from Des Moines to New Zealand?

The cheapest round-trip price for the route for each airline clicked by KAYAK users in the last 72 hours.

In the past 3 days, the cheapest round-trip tickets from Des Moines to New Zealand were found on American Airlines ($862) and United Airlines ($866).

Good to know

Low seasonNovember
Cheapest flight$709
Best time to beat the crowds with an average 40% drop in price.
Most popular time to fly with an average 14% increase in price.
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Reviews of the top 3 airlines serving from Des Moines to New Zealand

 
Need help choosing which airline to fly with from Des Moines to New Zealand? KAYAK airline reviews give an overall score for each airline based on loads of factors, including comfort, boarding, in-flight entertainment and more, to make your decision easier. See airline scores according to verified KAYAK customer reviews.
8.0
Air New ZealandOverall score based on 570 reviews
8.2Boarding
7.4Food
7.4Entertainment
8.0Comfort
8.5Crew
Airline reviews

I was not even on that flight and did not even book a ticket. Kayak did a phenomenal job

2.0 MediocreAnonymous, Jan 2026
SYD - AKL
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I was not even on that flight and did not even book a ticket. Kayak did a phenomenal job

The disembarking steps in Wellington were precarious and I felt quite insecure. There was no one on the tarmac to greet us and help. The embarking ramp in Blenheim was much more satisfactory. The rest of the flight was fine.

Entertainment screen froze and had to be reset. Noticed it happened to other passengers as well.

My flying experience was not great. The temperature was ridiculously low. I had a sweater and a big jacket and even then. Since my ticket was an economy ticket, I suppose I didn’t deserve a blanket as they were only available for business. The result, o got a cold I have not been able to shake off in 6 days which has absolutely ruined my stay in Japan as I hasn’t had the chance to leave my hotel room. Everything else that was good, had overshadowed by this. BE A LITTLE MORE HUMAN

The food was not as good as Air New Zealand. The veg pasta was pass-able but the veg cibotta sandwich was dry, hard and not up to par. The coach staff were attentive and accommodating.

Air conditioning was turned to the wrong setting. Way too hot. The entertainment system kept resetting and didn’t work half the flight. Said something to the crew. They didn’t do anything to help. Plane had a mechanical problem that resulted in 2.5 hour delay. Boarded the plane, had to disembark and get back on.

Good and appreciate the effort Air Zealand puts into using more environmentally friendly food containers and utensils. yay! One of the better airlines for this for sure. Still some bad stuff, but at least Air NZ is trying. :) Also really enjoyed the bluetooth option for personal headsets. :)

I was trying to get confirmation on if my luggage was going to be moved to the earlier flight (I requested standby to get home earlier) and was unable to get help from those working at the counter. The request to be moved to an earlier flight was handled smoothly through the app and appreciate the ease of the request.

They are my favourite airline in the world by a million miles.

Kayak did not propagate my United miles account and I had to manually get credit.

Was happy we finally got upgraded in 1st class. The seat getting old. The cushiness need some improvement.

Yet another flight in which beverage and snack service was skipped. Other that that, firmly mediocre. Landed early, to gate late due to congestion at the gates. Airline's fault or airports fault: unknown.

Ineffective communication with United resulted in lost baggage. Their Baggage Tracing counter at MUC was shut down from 11:00-14:15 on my arrival. Undertrained, underinformed staff had me Running all over MUC to find someone to help me to no avail. Staff was rude, unhelpful, and unable to effectively use the systems they did have operational. They refused to contact United in any way or provide any accommodation or other resources while I waited for my luggage. This has destroyed my downstream itinerary. If they had even the slightest visibility I may have been able to reschedule/plan, but again, their staff provided nothing, and did nothing more than their website, which doesn’t even work on a standard phone browser. Miserable failure at all levels that weren’t associated with the operation of the aircraft.

Miserable. They moved my seat, but canceled the next leg of my flight. I resolved the issue at my transfer, but that resulted in lost luggage that has taken days off my schedule with no resolution. Worse, they fail to interface effectively with Lufthansa, forcing me to bounce between two equally useless help desks. The apps are unable to handle the situation, the bag dropped off the tracker, and while the call centers are polite, they do not provide written information to assist with cross-airline communication.

left on time, reasonable boarding process arrived early luggage came out quickly

I like flying first class, and United has a nice one

Teeny tiny bathrooms, crew was not realistic about when we'd arrive.

Check-in, boarding and the flight from Phoenix to Houston was quick and easy. The flight from Houston to Shreveport was delayed 5 hours. It was frustrating but I think United handled it the best they could.

Some flight attendants were great others were cranky. Seats were very tight and sitting on an aisle was very hard as the carts and people walking constantly bumped shoulder and arm.

It was great with United overall except for two things. 1) It was a 5-hour flight and we were with kids, so we were asking for extra snacks. They were extremely reticent to dole them out even though there wasn't any meal and the kids were starting to hit their limit towards the end. 2) Baggage didn't arrive until 80 minutes after we landed.

The professionals have excellent customer service, the seats don´t have enough space.

We were upgraded to First Class and it was a great flight

Amazing I love American. I’ll never fly anyone else if I can help it.

I love American. I’ll never fly anyone else if I can help it.

Flight delay and multiple gate changes including a change near boarding time to another terminal, which in DFW is a pain. Pre-boarding delay and also a further delay on the ground after boarding. About an hour and a half total delay.

On the plus side, crew was attentive, drinks were cold, and in-flight entertainment selection was better than some other airlines. On the negative aide, Plane was delayed almost an hour, either no announcements from the gate crew. Biscoff cookies are gross, appreciate airlines that give a choice. Also, crew had no personality or enthusiasm at all.

Little warm on the plane and delayed for an hour

Tell the crew (when boarding) to yell at the imbeciles blocking us from walking up to scan. I promise everyone crowds around and half of us (most the time I’m group 4) have to push our way through. Your staff is awesome, the public - not so much-

Bags took over and hour to come out. Delays due to wind caused rebooking.

The flight was good. We had to spend almost an hour on the tarmac when we arrived in Dallas. Waiting for a gate. What’s the point of arriving early if you have no gate to park at?

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