Phone unlocked by provider but still require their sim to re-activate

I have an iPhone4 purchased from optus in Australia.
Optus unlocked the phone so I could use in New Zealand with a New Zealand sim. Having just entirely erased the phone preparing to sell it,  I found I could only reactivate the phone by inserting a Australian Optus sim card. How do I get around this?
This is not great for the new potential buyer

If you've done a restore, you need a SIM installed to complete the initial setup.  This is the same process that was completed the first time the iPhone was powered on.  For the most part, intial setup does not requre a specific carrier's SIM.

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