Opinions? Is our NZ friend who posted here in past around? Or did the Lahar get him?
I know that what few examples of NZ layouts in that country there are, typically the English 00 (is that right, or for HO-similar?) or 7mm to the foot scale is used in the range of O gage operations, for the same reason it's used in England-- their prototype rolling stock is smaller than ours. And 7mm stuff is available in the Commonwealth, of course. But here in the US, S-scale as a basis is more widely available.
Anyone done any NZ modelling along these lines?
--Frank