It's more of a problem if half the team is UK and the other half is NZ. I think a project on my company was run along the same lines as you mentioned but rever

It's more of a problem if half the team is UK and the other half is NZ. I think a project on my company was run along the same lines as you mentioned but reversed: Testers in UK, Devs in NZ Worked well but occasionally Test manager would stay late for a call, I presume that it was early for NZ guys.