RAC/OPS I completely agree, it's a seemingly rare occurrence on these forums these days or any forum for that matter. Hopefully this thread will be of some use to others as well as myself. From what I understand the Australians have adopted the same testing software Airways NZ uses so to an extent the Australian ATC forum is also useful for Kiwis, but when it comes to waiting times, and the exact experience, there seems to be quite a difference.
Cheers for the good wishes and will make sure I remember to update this after this week!
Kiiwii