How the Internet got to New Zealand

I'm really not sure, and I don't think it's all the way here yet.  Data use is incredibly restricted, either by time, amount used, or both.  In America, I'm used to free Wi-Fi in most public places, and 'free with purchase' at most of the rest.  The hotel in Queenstown had 20 minutes free/day.  The hostel I just stayed at in Auckland gave me a voucher for 200mb of free internet use, which was plenty for general surfing, but not enough to get all of my pictures uploaded.  Hopefully Australia is a bit better, otherwise many of the posts about my trip will be coming after the fact.