They have been saying this for the past six months and it never happens. All Garmin want to do is sell GPS’s so they will tell you any thing. One of the Grmin dealers just told me last week that it is still 3 months away, but he does not believe it will happen.
There are a couple of NZ sites you should have a look at that have Garmin style maps. These are: The New Zealand Open GPS Maps Project for Garmin Mapping GPS at: http://gwprojects.orcon.net.nz/gps/ - Everything on this site is free to download. Brent's New Zealand GPS Maps: http://nzgpsmaps.com/ - A commercial site but the basic maps are not expensive. The maps might not be as sophisticated as a Garmin product but they are far better than nothing 🙂 Cheers Brian Z