rmcdonal,
How much do you think it costs to become eligible for employment at Air NZ?
Usually we are talking B-cat/IFR/Multi instructor. Apart from the few G.A Gigs in New Zealand, most of the Air NZ recruitment comes from ex multi instructors and perhaps RNZAF, at least it has been so in the past, these days who knows.
To get to that level I can assure you people are spending a lot more than $75,000 only with a hope of an interview and to earn not much more than $40,000 a year at Eagle.
I'm not encouraging your pay2fly scheme nor bashing the New Zealand system.
But if you're going to throw $$$ out there. I can almost guarantee that it costs a lot more money/time/effort to become a Jet First officer in this part of the world.