The World Series of Darts continues its Oceania adventure with the SkyCity New Zealand Darts Masters 2025. Check out the best 2025 PDC New Zealand Darts Masters betting tips as darts stars cross the Tasman Sea for a two-day showdown in Auckland.
The last tickets to the World Series of Darts are up for grabs this weekend, as eight PDC stars take on eight of Oceania’s finest in a high-stakes, two-day qualifier in the North Island of New Zealand. The 12,000-capacity Spark Arena in Auckland will host the tournament.
| ℹ️ Tournament: | 2025 World Series of Darts, SkyCity New Zealand Darts Masters 2025 |
| 🎯 Venue: | Spark Arena, Auckland, New Zealand |
| 🗓️ Dates: | Friday, August 15 to Saturday, August 16, 2025 |
The New Zealand Darts Masters has been around a bit longer than its Aussie counterpart, the Australian Darts Masters. PDC held the first edition of the tournament in 2019, but had to put it on hiatus for a couple of years for the pandemic. It returned in 2022 and has been a regular stop on the World Series of Darts calendar ever since.
The New Zealand Darts Masters sticks to the familiar World Series format, with the opening round played over the best of 11 legs — first to six takes the win. Quarter-finals follow the same best-of-11 format, but the semi-finals raise the bar to a race to seven in a best-of-13 contest. The final is a race to eight legs, meaning the biggest chances for upsets come earlier in the tournament.
After Van Gerwen lifted the trophy in 2019, the New Zealand Darts Masters returned in 2022 with an all-Welsh final, where Gerwyn Price defeated Jonny Clayton 8-4.
It was Rob Cross’s year in 2023. He survived a dramatic final-leg battle with Nathan Aspinall to win 8-7 and claim £20,000. Luke Humphries was the 2024 champion, cruising past Damon Heta 8-2 in the New Zealand Darts Masters final.
Do any of these guys make it into our New Zealand Darts Masters 2025 predictions? Read on to find out.
The best darts sites for betting have rolled out the latest darts 2025 New Zealand Masters odds. Here are the top contenders for glory in Auckland this weekend:
Darts tips for New Zealand Masters 2025 will heavily favor Luke Littler after his successful title charges at World Matchplay and the Australia Darts Masters. The Nuke enters the competition with the shortest odds to take the trophy home.
The World No. 1 has been dealing with some health issues lately, which explains his recent underwhelming outings at the World Matchplay and the Australia Darts Masters. Humphries might struggle to get back to his best in New Zealand, but online bookies in New Zealand are still considering him a title favorite.
Gerwyn Price saw the Australian Darts Masters changing hands last week as he fell to Chris Dobey in the quarter-finals. The Welshman had won here three years ago, and he should be a common name across New Zealand Darts Masters 2025 predictions as well.
Josh Rock has won the World Cup for his country this year and made it to the semi-finals of World Matchplay and the UK Open. He was battered by Stephen Bunting in the Australia Darts Masters quarter-finals, but he should still be a solid option to bet on the 2025 New Zealand Darts Masters.
Bunting already has a World Series title under his belt this year and came close to adding a second one in Australia. He will be a popular pick for predictions for the PDC 2025 New Zealand Masters.
Here are the 2025 PDC New Zealand Darts Masters betting tips you have been waiting for:
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Bunting heads into the 2025 New Zealand Darts Masters as one of the in-form players and a leading contender for glory in Auckland this week.
The No.1 seed in Auckland, the 40-year-old sits atop the World Series standings after six events, having claimed titles in Bahrain and the Nordic Masters and made the finals in Poland and the Netherlands.
Bunting will feel hard done by not to have reached the final in Australia last week, and he’ll be out to go one better in Auckland.
Bunting has been quite consistent in World Series of Darts tournaments and has a lucrative price tag on him, heading into this competition. So, we are backing the Englishman to win the tournament.
