Payments and e-commerce in New Zealand

Discover how New Zealanders like to shop and pay online

New Zealand

General Information

  • Population 4.9 m
  • Population 15 + 4.0 m
  • Online population 4.5 m
  • Area 268,021 km2
  • Currency NZD
  • GDP 371.1 bn $US
  • GDP per capita 75,738 $US
  • Card-based payments
  • Cash-based payments
  • Bank transfer
  • Wallets
  • Other
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Banked population
  • New Zealand 99%
  • Asia Pacific 76%
  • World 67%
Credit card penetration
  • New Zealand 62%
  • Asia Pacific 29%
  • World 19%
Internet penetration
  • New Zealand 91%
  • Asia Pacific 61%
  • World 62%
Smartphone penetration
  • New Zealand 90%
  • Asia Pacific 62%
  • World 70%

E-commerce continues to grow in New Zealand in 2022. The first quarter results of the year show a 31% increase on 2021 with 1.4 bn $US being spent in nearly 17 million transactions. However, although the second quarter saw a fall of 4%, they are still up on pre Pandemic figures by 52%.

Card payments, which fell during the Pandemic, are forecast to grow by CAGR 5% between 2022 and 2026 with a worth of 67.1 bn $US.

New Zealanders, at present, prefer to shop local, with 75% of shopping purchased from New Zealand e-commerce stores, up from 71% in 2022. Earlier in the year New Zealanders were doing some of their online food shopping in Australia, as even with shipping, it worked out cheaper than purchasing from a New Zealand supermarket.

Bank of Zealand has launched its new payment service for SME with a Bank of New Zealand bank account – BNZ Pay, free until January 2024. Since 2019 the use of cash has dropped by 26% the Reserve Bank of New Zealand reports.

Future e-commerce trends (2021-2026)

B2C e-commerce ($US billion)
2022 7.3
2023 8.2
2024 9.0
2025 9.8
2026 10.6
E-commerce spending per capita ($US)
2022 1420
2023 1564
2024 1701
2025 1833
2026 1956
E-commerce spending as % of GDP
2022 2.8
2023 3.0
2024 3.1
2025 3.3
2026 3.4

New Zealand

The E-Commerce Market

Top e-commerce segments

  1. Food & Personal Care: 25%
  2. Toys, Hobby & DIY: 23%
  3. Fashion: 23%
  4. Electronics & Media: 16%
  5. Furniture & Appliances: 14%

Cross-border e-commerce

  1. Cross-border proportion of total e-commerce – 25%
  2. Value of cross-border e-commerce – 1.6 bn $US
  3. Online shoppers who have shopped cross-border – 52%

Top 3 cross-border shopping origin markets

Australia: 40%

  1. China: 27%
  2. US: 14%
B2C e-commerce growth 20->21
  • New Zealand 22.8%
E-commerce % of total retail
  • New Zealand 12%
  • Asia Pacific 29%
  • World 20%
E-commerce completed on a mobile device
  • New Zealand 51%
  • Asia Pacific 65%
  • World 53%

The Credit Card Split

  • Visa
  • Mastercard
  • American Express
  • Other
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  • E-commerce market size 6.5 bn $US
  • E-commerce spending per capita 1,268 $US
  • E-commerce spending as % of GDP 2.7%

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New Zealand

Local Payment Methods

BitPay Type Cryptocurrency Wallet Regions Asia Pacific, Eastern Europe & the CIS, Middle East & Africa + 3 Hyperwallet Type Bank transfer, Gift card, Prepaid voucher Regions Asia Pacific, Eastern Europe & the CIS, Middle East & Africa + 3 Market relevance High PayPal Type Wallet Regions Asia Pacific, Eastern Europe & the CIS, Middle East & Africa + 3 Market relevance High Paysafecard Type Prepaid voucher Regions Asia Pacific, Eastern Europe & the CIS, Middle East & Africa + 3 Paysera Type Wallet Regions Asia Pacific, Eastern Europe & the CIS, Middle East & Africa + 3 Market relevance High POLi Type Bank transfer Regions Asia Pacific Skrill Type Wallet Regions Asia Pacific, Eastern Europe & the CIS, Middle East & Africa + 3 Market relevance High 123 Type Bank transfer, Cash Regions Asia Pacific Afterpay Type Instalments Regions Asia Pacific, North America, Western & Central Europe Market relevance High Allied Wallet Type Wallet Regions Asia Pacific, Eastern Europe & the CIS, Middle East & Africa + 3 Market relevance High UnionPay SecurePay Type Local payment card Regions Asia Pacific, Eastern Europe & the CIS, Middle East & Africa + 3 Market relevance High Apple Pay Type Wallet Regions Asia Pacific, Eastern Europe & the CIS, Middle East & Africa + 3 Market relevance High DaoPay Type Carrier billing Regions Asia Pacific, Eastern Europe & the CIS, Middle East & Africa + 3 Market relevance High Google Pay Type Wallet Regions Asia Pacific, Eastern Europe & the CIS, Middle East & Africa + 3 Market relevance High Masterpass Type Wallet Regions Asia Pacific, Eastern Europe & the CIS, Middle East & Africa + 3 Market relevance High Mobiamo Type Carrier billing Regions Asia Pacific, Eastern Europe & the CIS, Middle East & Africa + 3 Market relevance High Razer Gold Type Wallet Regions Asia Pacific, Eastern Europe & the CIS, Middle East & Africa + 3 Market relevance High SWIFT Type Bank transfer Regions Asia Pacific, Eastern Europe & the CIS, Middle East & Africa + 3 Market relevance High Secure Remote Commerce (SRC) Type Wallet Regions Asia Pacific, Eastern Europe & the CIS, Middle East & Africa + 3 Market relevance Medium Zip Type Buy Now, Pay Later Regions Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa, North America + 2 Boloro Type Wallet Regions Asia Pacific, Eastern Europe & the CIS, Middle East & Africa + 3 G2A Pay Type Wallet Regions Asia Pacific, Eastern Europe & the CIS, Middle East & Africa + 3 Market relevance Medium NETELLER Type Wallet Regions Asia Pacific, Eastern Europe & the CIS, Middle East & Africa + 3 Online EFTPOS Type Bank transfer Regions Asia Pacific Splitit Type Instalments Regions Asia Pacific, Eastern Europe & the CIS, Middle East & Africa + 3

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