I've decided to drop my NZ dream and going to withdraw my SMC and hopefully to get some refunds if possible. It's very uncertain in NZ at the moment and the current government seems very incompetent handling the issues with immigration. Seems to me they just looking for short term solution to fix the issues and that's why the rules always changing every year.
For me personally, it seems the US value me more than NZ so they just gave me a green card this week so I can chase my american dream from now on.
Hope the best for all you peeps who's still waiting and keep fight for it till the end.