ordering from cocoatown to NZ

Hello!

Following an instructible I've made chocolate for the second time now and I'm hooked!

I did both "manually", using a food processor and then conching by hand. Ouch, my arms..

That's why I now would like to get some proper machinery and after reading around, theECGC-12SL from CocoaTown seems to be one of the best choices for me.

I wanted to know if other people from NZ (or Australia) have ordered one. Just with shipping it is getting up toUS$779.98 and there should be a lot of taxes ontop of that as well.. ( I just moved here and I'm not 100% sure about the procedures)

Are there good alternatives?

Thanks!

Seb