Hello.
You aren't going to get any visitor's visa based on partnership without evidence of having lived together. INZ are not allowed to take notice of anyone's statement of their emotional attachment or future intentions: partnership, to them, is only proved by the couple having set up home in the same place, with a variety of evidence to show this. See these old threads for the amount and variety of evidence that is necessary.
https://www.google.co.uk/#q=site:enz...tnership+proof You will need this kind of evidence, covering two to three months, before she will be able to apply for a partner sponsored work visa.
https://www.immigration.govt.nz/new-...s-visa-holders Notice, the couple's being married does not make any difference to INZ.
She might be able to get an ordinary visitor's visa, for the reason of "look, see and decide" (about whether he can get a job in NZ) and tourism, then she would be perfectly entitled to put in a partner-sponsored temporary work visa application from within NZ. Once the application is lodged, INZ would automatically grant an Interim visa to cover her for staying in NZ while the case is being processed, which of course automatically gives you longer to collect evidence.