Originally Posted by
Shazzadude
Velocity might be best, as you can credit domestic NZ flights to it, and there's a few options to South East Asia that credit to Velocity, i.e. V Australia, Emirates, Singapore Airlines and Malaysia Airlines.
Minor point but note that Emirates stopped being a Velocity partner not long after Etihad joined. Etihad offer much better earning actually - 1 point per mile in discount econ, status bonuses and status earning, none of which applied to Emirates (from memory).