If your being cynical this would save CTC money - as cadets only fly over to NZ once.
I wouldn't be so sure - if it's 24 people every 2 months now and the phase is 6 months, then soon that's 72 people at a time they have to sort out accommodation for down on the south coast (remember - if you'd been in NZ, your accommodation there would have been included.)
Unless, of course, they've gone down the OAA route and accommodation is not included in this part of the course, which is going to make it even
more expensive. Six months' rent in the south of England - not cheap. Can anyone starting out with the programme enlighten us on this? Maybe this is what some of the recent £9k price rise goes towards.