You pay them and then they send you at your expense to NZ to not be subsidised etc.
$37k NZ for endo
4-5k for accomodation and food and god knows what pay you have missed out on. Works out about $40k AU at least to then be at the mercy of Dixo and the lepricorn
I dont know why this is a surprise to anyone..
Have a read of some of the other threads regarding Ryanair etc plus a host of other Lo Co's
The only way this kind of exploitation is going to stop is if you guys stick together...however with the state of GA in Oz at the moment, I cant see it happening. So get used to it.