Auckland to Tauranga delivery and moving
Post your job for free, compare the bids that come in from identity verified drivers, and choose the one that suits your budget and your dates.
- 205 km route
- Verified drivers
- Payment held until delivery
- Road distance
- 205 km
- Typical drive time
- 2 hours 45 minutes
- Direction
- Drivers travel this route both ways
The route
Getting from Auckland to Tauranga
Plenty of people make this trip for a new job, a house move, or because something they bought online is sitting in an Auckland garage waiting to come south. Whatever the reason, the task itself is simple enough: get your gear from one end to the other. On SoundMove you post the job once at no cost, verified drivers bid on it, and you decide which bid to take.
The usual road route is State Highway 1 south out of Auckland, then State Highway 29 across the Kaimai Range and down into Tauranga. It is roughly 205 kilometres and about 2 hours 45 minutes of driving in fair conditions, longer if the Kaimais are wet or the Auckland end is crawling. So it is a single day of driving rather than an overnight haul, though when a driver actually makes the trip is up to them and whatever the two of you agree. The job types you can post on this route are furniture delivery, Trade Me delivery, small moves, building materials, fragile and antiques, and commercial freight.
What you can send
From single items to a full flat
A bidding marketplace works differently from ringing around for quotes. You post the job once with your pickup and drop off details, what you are sending and when it needs to happen, and drivers who want the work come to you with their own prices. A driver who is already planning a trip in this direction, or heading back with space on the deck, decides what your job is worth to them and prices their bid accordingly. That is all backloading means: the driver is the one weighing up how your job fits alongside what they already have on. SoundMove is not a moving company and does not dispatch anyone. Every driver is identity verified before they are allowed to bid, and where a driver has completed jobs through the platform you can see their rating and reviews next to their bid.
Timing and protection
Booking it in
How you write the listing is worth a bit of thought. If your dates are flexible, say so and give a window rather than one fixed hour, because it gives drivers more ways to fit your job around their existing plans. Photos and rough dimensions help as well, since a driver bidding on a job they can picture properly is bidding on the real thing. There is no obligation to accept any bid you get. When you do accept one, your payment is charged and held securely by SoundMove until the job's done. We release it to the driver when you confirm, or automatically 24 hours after the driver marks it done if you haven't raised an issue. You can message your driver through the platform to sort access, parking and timing, and the SoundMove Guarantee can contribute up to $500 towards an insurance excess on an accepted insurance claim, subject to terms.
How it works
Three steps, no ringing around.
Post Your Job
Describe what needs moving between Auckland and Tauranga, and when. Free to post.
Drivers Bid
Verified drivers decide what your job is worth to them and send you their own price.
Choose the Best Fit
Compare the bids and choose one. Your payment is held until the job's done, and you can message your driver from that point.
What drivers move between Auckland and Tauranga
Auckland to Tauranga delivery questions
Moving something from Auckland to Tauranga?
Post a job for free and see what drivers travelling this route come back with.