I will be getting on an Air NZ domestic flight in an hour (CHC->AKL). According to the seat map when I checked in they are blocking out middles seats and most rows in the middle of the plane. Will let you know when I land if it works out that way.
Update: It looks like they start the seat map as described above, but started filling middle seats and middle rows after everything else fills up since those seats were at least partly filled on my flight today.
Last edited by padawanflyer; Mar 22, 2020 at 8:43 pm