Air New Zealand has rolled out a new limited domestic schedule for essential travel and air freight

From tomorrow, three return services will run between Auckland and Christchurch on weekdays -- with one on weekends.

There will be one daily return service between Auckland and Wellington.

Two return services will run between Wellington and Christchurch on weekdays -- and one on weekends.

A daily service will run between Wellington and Nelson on weekdays only.

There will also be a return service between Christchurch and Dunedin -- on MONDAYS and FRIDAYS only.

Overall, Air New Zealand's domestic capacity has declined by 95-percent.