Both of these were booked within the last few weeks ... I was pretty happy with the availability. Didn't get all segments on exactly the day I wanted, but that's not unusual for most awards.

For example, though availability may have vanished since, the entire first full week of Oct had atleast one NZ C seat from AKL-LAX/SFO every day of the week ... some days had availability on multiple flights according to ANA.

edited to add: just checked, according to ANA:
Oct 6-17, AKL-LAX/SFO, atleast 1 NZ C all days except 11,12,14
some days had multiple flights