Well I've got no problems with that Hushy, I mean, New Zealand is so small half it's population lives in Oz anyway, (mostly in our jails and whore houses.........) so it'll only take a couple of hours to do the whole leg of the Kiwi "Middle Earth" tour, earthquakes permitting, of course.
Of course, I don't speak for the rest of the Aussies here, so they may have differing opinions on whether New Zealand should even be considered worthy of being allowed to participate in this auspicious event at all, but you guys have had a rough time of it in recent months, so I think you deserve a bit of a break.
Just make sure that it doesn't disappear down a hole in the ground mate, we do want to see it eventually! Cheers, Terry.