How far is New Zealand?

Before arriving in NZ, I always thought that New Zealand is geographically quite close to Malaysia. In my memory, It would be Sabah, then below Sabah would be the Indonesian Isles, then below the Indonesia Isles would be Australia, then below Australia would be NZ! but I was wrong, It's further than expected. I've taken a snapshot from google earth to show u exactly how far NZ is from Sabah. It's not below us but lean further to the right, it took around 10 hours to fly there! Thus, I'm dunno how many thousand miles from home.