If we are pie in the sky saying lets start a new league then do we really want to deal with AFC?
How about a ten team OFC + Hawaii (CONCACAF) league.
You have:
Auckland
Wellington
Christchurch
2 x Hawai teams (Population 1.5 million, average income higher than NZ, no current pro sport)
A Fiji team (Pop 750,000, Suva 175k, no current pro sport)
A New Caledona Team (Pop 250k, no current pro sport, football connections with France)
A Vanuatu Team (Pop 250k, no current pro sport, football connections with France)
A PNG team (Pop 7million)
A French Polynesia team (Pop 270k, no current pro sport, football connections with France)
Never going to happen.