They are quite strict about all of the rules they have in place. If you had been together for 11 months, they could possibly have over looked it, but as it's only really been a few weeks, there is no way they could consider it as a stable relationship.

Have you looked in to how Australia deal with this kind of process? They may have different rules to NZ which may allow her to gain Australian residency. If she had that, she could move to NZ without restriction.