It seems 2d-Vocus traffic might be going via Christchurch (I'm guessing based on the pings), at least from my line in Auckland:

traceroute to orcon.net.nz (60.234.0.19), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets
1 R7000 (192.168.1.1) 0.297 ms 0.646 ms 0.634 ms
2 * * *
3 default-rdns.vocus.co.nz (101.98.5.137) 18.898 ms 19.163 ms 19.257 ms
4 default-rdns.vocus.co.nz (101.98.5.136) 19.243 ms 19.149 ms 19.142 ms
5 10.101.5.127 (10.101.5.127) 31.542 ms 31.528 ms 31.467 ms
6 10.101.5.126 (10.101.5.126) 31.427 ms 30.804 ms 30.857 ms
7 default-rdns.vocus.co.nz (60.234.0.19) 30.971 ms 31.020 ms 30.781 ms

Seems odd for traffic that in the past has stayed within Auckland is taking a bit of a scenic route.

Has any one else noticed this behaviour?