Great! I recommend a pile of research before you rush out and acquire all the gear. Get a feel for what you want to try, be it jumping straight into straight razor shaving, trying out a double edge, or maybe kicking it old old school and trying a single edge. Anecdotally speaking the common experience seems to be that people try out a double edge first, maybe dabble a little with single edge razors like Gems, Ever Readys, Valets, or the "straight on a stick" Rolls.
Then there are brush considerations: boar, badger, synthetic? Are you going to face lather or use a bowl? Creams or soaps? Until you have a good picture of what a traditional wet shaving routine looks like these questions are going to be very hard to answer.
This solution is quite simple. Go here http://www.youtube.com/user/mantic59 and watch and learn. Fortunately this technique aspect of wet shaving is universal, there are no real NZ specific oddities I need to expand on here. Watch and learn, get a feel for what it is all about and consider your options. If you want you can also check out the mind bogglingly good Badger and Blade wiki page on getting started in traditional wet shaving.
Once you have done all that then come back here to find New Zealand specific information on wet shaving.
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