Route notes
Why this routing works
This five-week itinerary is structured as a focused New Zealand routing from Montreal, using an open-jaw arrival into Auckland and a later departure from Christchurch. That setup reduces backtracking and makes it possible to move south through the country overland before the long-haul return to Canada.
The route string shows Auckland to Hamilton as an overland segment rather than a flight coupon, which is a practical way to keep the air ticket aligned with a surface transfer already built into the trip. Christchurch is the final flight point in New Zealand and carries the main on-the-ground stay at 34 nights, so the ticket is weighted toward a longer final stop before returning to Montreal.
Because this is a business-class multi-stop itinerary traveling in October within an October-to-December season window, the main planning logic is less about adding extra flight sectors and more about preserving a clean sequence: transpacific outbound, surface movement within New Zealand, and a single long-haul return. For travelers comparing structures, this is a straightforward example of how to combine an open-jaw and an overland segment inside one multi-stop ticket.