One Direction have changed the dates of their 2013 New Zealand tour.

Due to ''unforeseen circumstances'', the dates of the New Zealand shows on the 2013 One Direction World Tour have moved back a week.

The Christchurch CBS Canterbury Arena show moves from Thursday, October 3, 2013 to Thursday, October 10, 2013. The Vector Arena Auckland shows move to October 12 and October 13, 2013.

All pre-ordered tickets purchased will be automatically transferred to the new dates and will remain valid. Tickets will be printed with the rescheduled date of the show on the ticket when dispatched in 2013.

Those who have purchased a pre-ordered Ticketek ezyTicket will have their tickets automatically voided and will receive a new ticket by post next year when all tickets for the tour will be dispatched.

Those who have purchased tickets and are unable to attend the show on the rescheduled dates are asked to please contact for Auckland customer.help@ticketmaster.co.nz and Christchurch online@ticketek.co.nz to facilitate a refund no later than Friday, June 1, 2012.

Further tickets will be released for the general public to purchase at 10am today.

One Direction's 2012 tour of New Zealand sold out in just 10 minutes.

The British boy band comprising Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan, Harry Styles and Zayn Malik gained notoriety in 2010 after appearing on The X Factor UK.

Their global smash debut album, Up All Night, is now No1 in 15 countries and has been certified triple platinum in Ireland, double platinum in the UK, Australia and New Zealand.

In six months they have sold more than 4.2 million records worldwide.

Their BRIT Award winning debut single What Makes You Beautiful entered the charts at No1 in both the UK and Ireland and is double platinum in New Zealand and four times platinum in Australia.

In the United States the group recently made chart history as the first British group ever to debut at No1 in the United States with their debut album release.

They currently have over 5 million Facebook fans; over 18 million twitter followers and over 272 million You Tube views.

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