It appears that everyone is adding AKL to the flights. Emirates now the flies the A380 from Dubai to Brisbane to AKL, and A380 from Dubai to MEL to AKL....
I asked Emirates chief, and he said that AUS airports are charging so much to overnight, that they just hop to AKL, and in reality, the flights are pretty full, especially coming back to DXB.
Perhaps NZ is a cheap place to park?