It might be a trick question in that New Zealand might be a day behind, but you can't physically ONLY be on an airplance for 1.5 hours.

 

You mean a day ahead

 

you'd use up the first hour and fifteen sitting on the tarmac waiting to takeoff anyway.

 

Especially if your flying out of Atlanta...

 

Peanuts anyone? Or should we push on to something stronger, like nuclear fission?

 

I take it you've got your passport and visa arrangements sorted out in advance! There won't be much time to make temporary arrangements in-flight.

 

Scotty could beam a trekkie that distance in seconds.

 

Would you admit to being a Trekkie Addess? If not, you could always fake it.
Alternatively put some headphones on and listen to Steely Dan's idea of New York to Paris in under an hour, then just pretend they said NewZealand. It's the same thing really.... as long as you're wearing spandex!
Perhaps your post has got in here from the future and we should be saying, " an hour and a half? That's so last century"

 

well it took me 18 hours to go from Texas to Japan :P