Hey Kamelchaser (love the name!)
I don't think EK came to NZ (I could be wrong, but didn't hear of anything).
There would be guys keen to work for EK, but you know how hard it is to get 2000 hours jet time in NZ!!
Rumor has it that a few guys from Air NZ will be coming over to EK for a spell, with Air NZ being over staffed in captains and F/Os. From what I understand these guys maybe jumping straight into commands. What do the local kiwis and dingoes think of this??