If you are willing to fly coach, there is NO SHORTAGE of award seats. But it is a brutal long flight to be in coach.
Ah, OK. For some reason from the reading I had done I was under the impression that award travel to NZ was limited regardless.
In any case, I still like the idea of choosing a program like UR that allows you to "hold" the points with the option to pay with points in the event award availability is limited.