Thanks for that help, its actually the path I'm going down. i have the .co.nz domain purchased and the design done. Just seems an extraordinary step to have to take to get a relevant site listed.

However, I still cant see why google uk or yahoo uk will list a .com.au site but yahoo .co .nz wont look at it. not only that but other yahoo sites list it without a mention of any country except Australia on the Index page.