Tickets go on sale later next month for the Bledisloe Cup match in Dunedin with plenty of confidence the game will be sold out.
The test between the All Blacks and the Wallabies is set for August 26 at Forsyth Barr Stadium, the first match between the sides at the covered venue since 2013.
The opening Bledisloe Cup test will be in Sydney on August 19.
The All Blacks are expected to be based in Dunedin for the week while the Australians are yet to confirm when they will arrive.
In 2013, the side did not arrive in the city until the day before the game. The All Blacks ended up winning 41-33.
Otago Rugby Football Union general manager Richard Kinley said publicity for the game was on a small scale at the moment with all the focus on the British and Irish Lions tour.
Preferential bookings go on sale in the middle of June and tickets to the general public on June 29.
Kinley said despite the tickets not going on sale until next month, it was still the same window of time to sell them.
There would not be a south of the Waitaki scheme which had been run in previous years allowing Otago and Southland residents a window to get tickets before they went on general sale.
It was open to abuse, was difficult to manage and no such window had been planned this year.
Kinley was confident the test would be sold out.
``Once we get the Lions series out of the way and people start thinking about the next game then this should come into view.
``It should be an entertaining game. I know the All Blacks love playing at the stadium and it should be another grand occasion.''
Australia Super Rugby sides were struggling at the moment and had yet to win a game against a New Zealand team this season.
But that did not necessarily transfer to the test sides and the Australian team should be a competitive outfit.
Dunedin was always a great venue for tests and Australians were bound to come across to see the match in Dunedin.
Meanwhile, Kinley confirmed the union had signed Southern first five-eighth Josh Ioane. Ioane, who is yet to play for Otago, has signed a full provincial contract.
With Hayden Parker out with a knee injury, Otago is in need of a second pivot.
Fletcher Smith started in the position for most of last year.
