From the announcements sections of the Italk forums:
Hi all,
We do apologise for the delays, but are pleased to announce that we have iTALK local numbers available in the following regions; Dunedin, Wellington, Christchurch and Hamilton.
It will take some development time before we can release these to customers but we are confident of a launch date in July.
We will keep you posted.
Regards
Todd @ iTALK
Will be interesting to see if this actually eventuates...I won't believe it until I see it! I am really hoping it does though. I just signed up to Italk the other day and have an 09 number...not terribly useful. I wonder if the free local area would apply to Wellington if I changed to an 04 number...