I'm a javascript developer in Auckland and I've done a lot of work lately on node. I also occasionally speak at events on both node and js. The local AkJS meetup is having a developer from Microsoft in the US over to talk about Node.js and Windows Azure. The Azure team are investing fairly heavily in Node.js and I hope the talk is worthwhile. If anyone wants to come the link is here http://www.meetup.com/AucklandJS/events/88588932/
Cheers
Kevin