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New Zealand Minecraft Servers (NZ & Low Ping OCE)

Kiwi players are a long way from most of the world's Minecraft servers. Connecting to North America or Europe from New Zealand means high ping and laggy combat, which is why NZ Minecraft servers and nearby Australian servers are the best choice for players in Aotearoa. This page brings together 10 New Zealand-hosted servers that we've verified online, plus the lowest-ping Australian options for NZ players.

The New Zealand Minecraft servers below come from public server lists filtered to New Zealand. We check each one live with the mcsrvstat.us API every 30 minutes, and only include servers whose address resolves to a New Zealand network. Most are small, long-running community servers. Some have run the same world for more than a decade, and several are whitelisted or ask you to introduce yourself first. Player counts are often low outside NZ evenings, so check the uptime bars and peak players on each server page rather than judging by a single moment.

Want a bigger community? Australian servers hosted in Sydney are typically the lowest-ping Australian option for New Zealand. Sydney is the closest major Australian hosting hub across the Tasman, and many OCE networks run there. We list Sydney-hosted servers first in the Australian section below, followed by our top-ranked Australian servers.

Top-ranked NZ servers right now are Gabbage, Ctec NZ Minecraft Server and CtrlAltSally SMP. For the full regional picture, see OCE Minecraft servers and Sydney Minecraft servers. Run a server in New Zealand? Submit it for free.

Minecraft servers hosted in New Zealand

Gabbage
Gabbage is a Java server hosted in New Zealand for any age.
- Survival
- Vanilla
- Economy
- Land Claim
- PvE
mc.gabbage.net
Online1/69 Java 26.2 New Zealand
C
Ctec NZ Minecraft Server
Ctec's NZ server offers survival or creative.
- Survival
- Creative
- Skyblock
- Economy
mc.ctec.co.nz
Online0/100 Java 26.2 New Zealand
CtrlAltSally SMP
CtrlAltSally SMP is a cozy viewer SMP for a Twitch streamer.
- SMP
- Survival
- Economy
- Land Claim
- Vanilla
play.ctrlaltsmp.net
Online0/1000 Java 1.7.2-26.3 New Zealand
DiamondByte Network
DiamondByte is a New Zealand-hosted server network with an SMP world and a creative world.
- SMP
- Creative
- Survival
- Vanilla
server.diamondbyte.org
Online0/50 Java 1.7.2-26.3 New Zealand
minecraft.geek.nz
minecraft.geek.nz is a small New Zealand-hosted vanilla server on PaperMC with a few small additions, long popular with friends and family.
- Survival
- Vanilla
- Whitelist
minecraft.geek.nz
Online0/30 Java 26.1.2 New Zealand
Minevane New Zealand
Minevane is a New Zealand-based survival server with the motto 'By Kiwis, For Kiwis'.
- Survival
- Vanilla
- PvE
- PvP
minevane.nz
Online0/40 Java 26.3 New Zealand
NZnetwork
NZnetwork is one of the longest-running NZ Minecraft networks, operating since 2010, with Creative, Hardcore and Survival worlds.
- Survival
- Creative
- Hardcore
- Vanilla
- Cross-Play
minecraft.nznetwork.co.nz
Online0/100 Java 1.8.x-1.21.x · cross-play listed New Zealand
Ostara Minecraft
Ostara Minecraft is a long-running New Zealand server, established in 2014, with survival, creative, an economy, McMMO skills, minigames and events.
- Survival
- Creative
- Economy
- McMMO
- Minigames
- Events
ostara.co.nz
Online0/59 Java 26.2 New Zealand
Quarantine Craft
Quarantine Craft started in September 2014 as a family's private server for playing safely with friends, and it now welcomes everyone.
- Survival
- Skyblock
- Creative
- Minigames
- BedWars
- Family Friendly
splatage.com
Online0/200 Java 1.7.x-26.1.x New Zealand
Quotro
Quotro is a survival and building server focused on city building, on the same world since 2010.
- Survival
- Economy
- Whitelist
server.quotro.net
Online0/11 Java 1.21.11 Unobfuscated New Zealand

Low-ping Australian servers for NZ players

Sydney-hosted servers first, then our top-ranked Australian servers. Many Australian servers don't name their city.

Fruit Servers
Fruit Servers is an Australian network hosted in Sydney with several game modes under one proxy: Survival, Skyblock, Prison, Creative and a Cobblemon server.
- Survival
- Skyblock
- Prison
- Creative
- Cobblemon
- Economy
mc.fruitservers.net
Online37/500 Java 1.7.2-26.3 Sydney, NSW
Craft Down Under: All The Mods 10
Craft Down Under is a modded Minecraft community.
- Modded
- All The Mods
- PvE
- Land Claim
atm10.au.playcdu.co
Online78/701 Java 1.21.1 Australia
Oceanias
Oceanias is an Australian-hosted PvP network: modern and legacy practice, Clan FFA, FrogUHC and Lifesteal.
- PvP
- Practice
- UHC
- Lifesteal
- Clans
oceanias.net
Online60/6700 Java 1.21.6+ Australia
Halcyon: The Dark Ages
Halcyon is a medieval civilisations server built around old-school survival.
- Roleplay
- Medieval
- Faction
- War
- Land Claim
- PvP
halcyonmc.org
Online30/64 Java 26.2 Australia
2b2t Oceania
2b2t Oceania is an anarchy server for Australia and nearby countries, modelled on 2b2t with minimal admin intervention.
- Anarchy
- Survival
2b2toce.org
Online5/1 Java Folia 1.21.11 Australia
Cobblemon AU
Cobblemon AU runs a dedicated Cobblemon modpack aimed at Australian and New Zealand players.
- Cobblemon
- Modded
- Survival
- Economy
- RPG
cobblemon-au.com
Online16/150 Java 1.7.2-26.2 Australia
Budgie Network
BudgieNet is an Australian network with four modes, all named in its server message: Survival, SkyGrid, Skyblock and Creative.
- Survival
- Skyblock
- Skygrid
- Creative
- Economy
- McMMO
budgie.network
Online15/255 Java 1.7.2-26.3 Australia
PureMC Vanilla
PureMC is a close-to-vanilla survival SMP with proximity voice chat (Simple Voice Chat) and minimal plugins.
- Vanilla
- SMP
- Survival
- Voice Chat
- Family Friendly
play.puremcvanilla.com
Online12/51 Java 26.3 Australia
Sky Servers Survival
Sky Servers has run Australian survival since 2012 on its own dedicated machine in Melbourne.
- Survival
- Economy
- Land Claim
- PvE
- PvP
- Events
sky-mc.net
Online8/150 Java 26.2 Melbourne, VIC