Australian Dollar Exchange Rate
Live NZD to AUD FX
Updated Hourly
Code: AUD
Symbol: $
Code: AUD
Symbol: $
Best Value Debit Card, Credit Card and ATMs for Spending and Withdrawing Australian Dollars
- Best Money Transfer Service - TransferWise, as revealed by our extensive research into international money transfers.
- Best Debit Card for Australian Dollars - The TransferWise Debit Card (best NZD:AUD rate, and 0% foreign currency fees if you withdraw up to NZ$350 within a 30-day rolling period (and then a 2% fee of anything above that).
- Best Credit Card for Australian Dollars - The Flight Centre Mastercard outperforms all other cards given its 0% overseas currency conversion fee.
- ATMs Availability and Costs - ATMs are all over Australia, provided by ANZ, Westpac and banks such as Commonwealth, NAB and AMP. Some ATMs charge an 'international withdrawal fee' of around $2 to $5 Australian Dollars. Find out what your bank's international debit card and credit card fees here.
- All Travel Money Cards support Australian Dollars - our guide compares the best offers.
- Save money when withdrawing or spending Australian Dollars with our foreign exchange guide.
- Like New Zealand, Australian Dollars come in $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100 notes.
Suggested money tip when arriving and travelling in Australia:
- Bring around NZD$300 in cash which you can use as a safety net and exchange an amount to AUD if need be.
- Withdraw the amount of AUD you think you will need for your stay from an ATM.
- Avoid airport money exchange kiosks - they most likely offer the worst exchange rates. ATMs give you the market exchange rate without the greedy commission.
- Leftover AUD? If you have a small amount of AUD remaining, you can use them to settle your hotel bill extras, transfers back to the airport and/or apply them to a duty free purchase on departure (you can pay part cash, part card). Alternatively, banks will buy them back when you return to New Zealand for a better exchange rate than any airport kiosk.
