Granted Freedom was set up to get rid of Kiwi and was the leader and a very succesfull LCC in this part of the world.
I suggest that Zeal320 is no where near a LCC it is Air Nz in disguise with all the associated costs which are hidden.
We will see as time moves on. Jetstar will certainly give AirNz a run for there money.
AirNz have alienated Regional New Zealand by withdrawing of International services which they engineered by shutting down Freedom and increasing fares to a level above those from AKL/WLG/CHC, their excuse iwas competition from AKL/WLG/CHC from other carriers charging low fares. No wonder because they replaced Freedom with a full service model.
Jetstar is a full LCC model and works well.
I Know JetStar will no be serving Regional New Zealand but you can now drive from Regional centers and have a choice as in Australia and get discounted fares.