The Socceroos will field a near full-strength team against the All Whites in June as the Adelaide Oval contest will also serve as a pointer to the Socceroos line-up for the 2014 World Cup qualifiers in September.
Socceroos assistant coach Aurelio Vidmar says while the match was billed as a friendly, it would be anything but.
The match will be played just three days after the All Whites play Mexico in Denver.
New Zealand coach Ricki Herbert says the travel demands for his side were weighed up against the benefits of playing two teams ranked in the world's top 30.
The two teams last played in a World Cup warm-up game in Melbourne last year which the Socceroos won 2-1.
