Oh.

Since I'm reluctant to violate the rule that says your rtw must end in the same country where it began (most cases), I wasn't about to fly half way around the world to NZ to start an rtw anyway.

In any case, afaik no other country has a 7-day ap requirement, so without too much fuss one should be able to arrive in-country with cc in hand, purchase tix, and be off.