NZ Post Paxsters flat out
NZ Post expects December 19 to be the busiest day for parcel delivery using its full fleet of electric Paxsters.
The parcel delivery business brings on extra flights, trucks, vans and people to get New Zealanders’ Christmas presents under the tree in time.
About 300,000 parcels were delivered on any given day in the week starting December 9, but December 19 is likely to see more than 350,000 parcels delivered.
NZ Post chief operating officer Mark Stewart says there’s still time to courier your parcel.
“Our couriers are accepting parcels until Monday December 23 and we’ve brought on extra vans and people to help us manage those final couple of days.
“Our delivery people are working flat-out, delivering thousands of parcels every day. We’ve set up special hydration and snack stations so that our team can take a pit-stop.”
In 2018, NZ Post delivered more than 14.5 million parcels during November and December –about three parcels a second.
“This year we’ve already delivered over 200,000 more parcels than this time last year and we’re expecting this to increase in the busiest week of the year,” Stewart says.
“This record number of parcels is due in a large part to the growth in online shopping,” he says.
“NZ Post’s recent The Full Download 2019 report showed that online shopping grew 16% in 2018 – that’s eight times faster than in-store shopping.”
The online shopping season is now starting earlier in the year due to sales events such as Singles’ Day, Black Friday and Cyber Monday.
“From October onward, Kiwis tend to shop online for things like clothes and shoes, and homewares and electronics – all those classic Kiwi Christmas presents like togs and e-readers. During the last couple of months of the year we see spending online on these items increase about 50%,” Stewart says.
“This week we’re also delivering almost a million cherries and trucks full of hams.“
Children can ‘Write to Santa’ with NZ Post until 6pm on December 23 with online messages still open.
Visit www.nzpost.co.nz/writetosanta for information.
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