The music icon is giving up life on the road to focus on his family and has embarked on his Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour.
The first concert at the Napier winery on Waitangi Day (February 7) next year will go ahead as planned. The second, scheduled for February 8, has been delayed until February 15.
The Grammy Award-winning artist, who has sold more than 300 million albums, will also perform at Dunedin's Forsyth Barr Stadium on February 4, his southern-most concert location.
Mission Estate has put a statement on its website saying fans who could make the new date would be able to indicate in a tick box they could attend. However, if the new date did not work, ticket holders could cancel their bookings and receive a full refund.
Both of Sir Elton's Mission Estate concerts sold out in an hour in February this year, leading to a flood of complaints from punters frustrated that they were unable to secure tickets.
About 55,000 people tried to buy tickets online to see his first show in Napier, but only 25,000 tickets were available.
A Mission Concert spokesperson said due to contractual requirements they were unable to make comment until 5am tomorrow which was the time they had set to release the information before Napier City Council posted it on its Facebook page today.
The concert crew would provide full updates regarding bookings and other information on Thursday morning, the Mission spokesperson said.
While nothing had officially been said yet, the change in schedule could involve next year's Oscars ceremony.
The Academy Awards are scheduled to be held on February 9. Sir Elton is preparing to release his own film, and may have been invited to perform.
