海角乱伦

Hey It is great here - we dont watch for hi-jackers at the traffic lights or worry that you going to wake up with burglars in your house!It's great that you don't watch for these things, that doesn't mean they don't happen in New Zealand - far ... Read More

Hello! My family and I are moving to New Zealand later this year. I'm quite certain that we will qualify for residency due to the facts that: 1) My wife is a certified teacher (we're from the U.S.) 2) We have two school age children 3) We'd be ... Read More

Doesn't it concern any of you that there are so many vacancies in New Zealand for medics? You have to be wondering why the country can't retain staff. Read More

newzealenders sound like a evil version of usHaha!! The two places are chalk and cheese. Ok, they have a few things in common with each other but they are totally different countries and not interchangeable. It really depends on who you are and ... Read More

Hi 海角乱伦, NZ may be a beautiful country but there's a lot more to life than scenery, as you've found out. Tauranga sounds like lots of small NZ towns, you probably won't find what you're looking for outside of the main cities of Auckland or ... Read More

Well done Sue, yes that's exactly what they're doing. Have you let your recruitment agency know you've been selected from the pool? Good luck :) Read More

What are the job prospects like? Well, over 2,000 applications were made for a handful of jobs at a DIY store in Dunedin and even more people than that applied for jobs at a new supermarket in Auckland. The job situation ain't great right now and ... Read More

:D @ KeltyCat Those cold NZ houses are a real shocker aren't they! It's almost impossible to get warm during the winter, as you say even offices are cold, as are shops and other public places. Those heat pumps are great, if you get the right ... Read More

Please don't assume that because you're granted a work visa on the strength of your validated teaching qualifications that it means that NZ schools will recognise those qualifications too. Do not, under any circumstance, leave for NZ until you have ... Read More

Why no job offer? If you're in profession that's considered to be an "absolute skills shortage" surely schools must be falling over themselves to offer you a job? Take some good advice and be careful, don't up sticks and leave for NZ until you have ... Read More

Glad you are settling in Maxine :) We too came for the lifestyle, but we have to work full time with longer hours here just to exist. We are too knackered to have any lifestyle.:( And too skint to afford one. :/This is a commonly shared ... Read More

If sites like those were around a few years ago I certainly wouldn't have made the move to New Zealand. I would still have emigrated, but not to NZ. I think that some of us are so desperate to leave our own countries that we seldom stop to think if ... Read More

Hi Folks, A big hello to all. I am an Indian resident looking forward to move to NZ. I am a software engg by profession with 6+ years of work experience in Java and related web technologies. I want to know abt moving to NZ and getting a job there. ... Read More

Mark this blog has a lot of stuff about British migrants in New Zealand. Read some of their migrant tales pages. http://emigratetonewzealand.wordpress.com Read More

Hi Mike. If it's sunshine and a great outdoors lifestyle you're looking for I'd say look at Australia. Not all of it is hot enough to turn wives into puddles :D and it sure beats watching her turn into an ice pole in winter! Read More