John Ballinger from Bluespark.co.nz (with the help of his mate Shaun O’donnell) has hacked up his iphone so that it works on the Vodafone New Zealand network -

This is probably the first proper working (SMS/Phone calls, etc) iphone in New Zealand, and it only took about 6 hours of hard work! :)

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See...
Bluespark on Flickr: iPhone working on Vodafone NZ
Bluespark on Flickr: iPhone photoset

nothing.net.nz: First working iphone in New Zealand!