I have reached out to some of the key TOs in the community from various States to get a sounding on the decision.
The NZ willingness to travel to these tournaments within AUS, the great and growing turn outs at their own local events, and in conjunction with the received proposal from the Kiwis (outlined by Vortigern above) I propose that we can see no reason not to confirm the offer of the next ATC tournament to NZ.
If anyone has any counter proposals, please post your reasoning/ counter proposal here in the next week or so. After that the Kiwis can start planning in earnest and everyone can start working on their significant others for a Holiday across the ditch in 2016

Cheers
