The Best Pizza in New Zealand
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The best pizza in New Zealand, according to the experts: the Michelin Guide and 50 Top Pizza have both weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Fire And Slice comes out on top, and the good stuff runs deepest in Auckland and Christchurch.
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Sundays and Dante’s by Enis Baçova hold the next two places. The Michelin Guide shows up on more of this list than any other guide, with 50 Top Pizza next.
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Rank 1. Fire And Slice
Wood-fired Pizzeria
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
A Tie
Two places have the exact same Score, so they share #1. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #1 Fire And Slice (this place) 74.256
- #1 Sundays 74.256
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Rank 1. Sundays
Pizzeria
A 1930s church moved to the Frankton countryside and turned into a wood-fired pizza restaurant, which is a sentence that earns its own pause. The sprawling terrace handles summer crowds; a covered pavilion steps in when Queenstown winters arrive. The menu leans Italian, with cacio e pepe alongside the pizzas, and the pecorino churros exist in defiance of category. It holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand.
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Bib Gourmand
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
A Tie
Two places have the exact same Score, so they share #1. We don't pick a winner we can't back up.
- #1 Fire And Slice 74.256
- #1 Sundays (this place) 74.256
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Rank 3. Dante’s by Enis Baçova
Neapolitan Pizzeria
The puffy, charred crust here comes from Italian flour, fior di latte, and tomatoes shipped from Italy, which is a long way to go for a pizza in Ponsonby, but the dough is contemporary Neapolitan and the logic holds. This is a casual, affordable pizzeria with three Auckland locations, all informal and relaxed. The chef, Enis Baçova, arrived as a waiter and worked his way to owner, which is a good origin story for a place ranked 49th on 50 Top Pizza World.
The awards
- 50 Top Pizza 50 Top Pizza: #49 · 50 Top Pizza World
- 50 Top Pizza 50 Top Pizza: #13 · 50 Top Pizza Asia-Pacific
- 50 Top Pizza 50 Top Pizza: 2026 · Made in Italy · 50 Top Pizza Asia-Pacific Special Awards
- 50 Top Pizza #49 · 50 Top Pizza World
- 50 Top Pizza #13 · 50 Top Pizza Asia-Pacific
- 50 Top Pizza 2026 · Made in Italy · 50 Top Pizza Asia-Pacific Special Awards
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Rank 4. Napoli
Neapolitan Pizzeria
The awards
- Michelin Guide Michelin Guide: Selected Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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Rank 5. Napoli Contemporanea
Neapolitan Pizzeria
A compact Neapolitan pizzeria on Parnell Road, where the electric oven faces the open kitchen and the whole room smells of dough with a proper crust. The chef is from outside Naples and has brought the full argument with him, including pasta and secondi alongside the pies. The Genovese turns up eighteen thousand kilometers from where it belongs and seems completely unbothered about it. Ranked among 50 Top Pizza's Asia-Pacific list.
The awards
- 50 Top Pizza 50 Top Pizza: #37 · 50 Top Pizza Asia-Pacific
- 50 Top Pizza #37 · 50 Top Pizza Asia-Pacific