Recently, I helped my partner to apply a physical resident visa for her E-visa.
Here is the timeline:

12/02/2019 Sent passport and form INZ1023 to Immigration Auckland branch

13/02/2019 Online state showing: Pending

16/02/2019 Fee deducted $130 NZD

04/03/2019 Online state showing: Approved

04/03/2019 Got an email from INZ saying an item is on its way

06/03/2019 Got the passport back with a shining blue sticker inside. Too shining, I put my sunglass on

So, it took 3 weeks totally for us to get a physical visa. Considering INZ has lots on these years, we are pretty happy about the speed.