Originally Posted by serfty
Just note that the "South West Pacific continent" = all of the South West Pacific, including Australia and New Zealand. So you would still be limited to two stopovers on Oz/NZ by starting in NZ. Also note that to complete your xONEx journey you would need to ticket a flight to (or within) NZ as the last segment.
Correct. Of course you could then start the next xONEx from there, or pick up a cheap return ticket (trans-tasman flights are cheaper from NZ than from Australia).