ADKM: Thanks robjg, that's pretty much what the link from farcus showed too. I'm getting a 4GB SD card with it and don't envisage any problems setting it up. (Think positive... hoho!)
Can you get a remote to start, pause, rewind etc. media you're streaming over the LAN from a PC - or do you have to use the keyboard?
JWR - do you know if it can get the NZ on demand channnels ? Farcus mentioned an APP, have you got that?
Sorry I haven't installed XMBC.. just been playing with Raspbian and RISC OS.
I'd think there would be a lot of remote control or wireless keyboard options.
Apparently, you can also use a smartphone or tablet as a remote i.e. http://asliceofraspberrypi.blogspot.co.nz/2013/07/xbmc-raspberry-pi-remote-control-using.html