Renting Houses in NZ – A Manual

This manual to renting houses was first published on Expatexposed.com, a not-for-profit self help and advice forum for migrants to New Zealand and one of the few (only?) uncensored NZ immigration forums on the net. This is a primer on renting property in New Zealand and is essential reading for everybody migrating to New Zealand:…

New Zealand’s Unemployment Rate Rises

Statistics NZ has issued a press release with the shock revelation that unemployment in New Zealand rose in the last quarter to another 10 year high undoing almost all of the improvement seen in the previous quarter. “In seasonally adjusted terms, New Zealand’s unemployment rate rose from 6.0 percent to 6.8 percent during the June…

New Zealand No Longer Favoured Destination For British Expats

A Natwest International survey has revealed that New Zealand is no longer the top destination for British expatriates, it has been displaced by Australia: “A survey commissioned by British bank NatWest has found Australia has displaced New Zealand as the top destination choice for Brits abandoning the mother country. Brisbane has also overtaken Perth as…

Gillard Pulls A Shipley And Becomes Australian Premier

Julia Gillard took over today as the first female Australian Prime Minister, in a move that has been likened to the rise to power of the first female Kiwi Prime Minister, Jenny Shipley. Shipley ousted Jim Bolger in December 2007, gathering support for her nomination whilst he was away at a Commonwealth Heads of Government…