Originally Posted by
SFO777
Hong Kong.
Seriously though... good luck trying to find a cheap or even convenient way to "stopover".
At that point, you're almost there anyway. Just go to NZ and relax there.
Yeah I agree. You're flying 85% of the distance and crossing all the time zones and then stopping to break up the trip. Just head straight to NZ, unless you actually want to visit one of the islands in the SP.