Restaurant Brands partnered with NZ Post to make home delivery from all four Tauranga stores possible.

New Zealand Post and KFC have teamed up to make Tauranga the next spot to receive home delivered fried chicken.

The owner of KFC Restaurant Brands said on Tuesday that meal orders will be delivered by New Zealand Post courier drivers in the Bay of Plenty town.

Courier drivers would deliver parcels and KFC simultaneously.

While on the job, GPS tracking would be used to notify drivers to pick up an order if they were closest to the KFC store.

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Restaurant Brands chief executive Ian Letele said that the pilot partnership was formed because KFC was not an expert in logistics so needed to look externally for a supplier.

The idea comes after the first KFC home delivery trial began in Hamilton in February this year.

Restaurant Brands said it planned to eventually make delivery available from one half of its New Zealand KFC stores.

All four of the KFC fast food chains in the Tauranga region would take part in the pilot - Gate Pa, Mount Manganui, Papamoa and Tauranga.

Homes within the area were able to order deliveries through KFC's own website. Online order pick-up options were not included in the pilot.