Check this out from computerworld.co.nz:

Apple New Zealand denies all knowledge of any impending launch of the iTunes music store on the local market, despite former Mount Roskill resident Russell Crowe telling Australian radio that Apple Australia is poised to launch its version of the store.Computerworld understands Apple would incorporate any New Zealand iTunes store into its Australian counterpart and run them both as one unit, however general manager of Apple New Zealand, Steve Ford, says he knows nothing about any impending launch of iTunes New Zealand."I can't comment at all on the Australian situation but there's been nothing going on at this end." Apple New Zealand is an authorised distributor rather than an Apple-owned subsidiary.