Expat Brits view of NZ

Continuing in our popular series of Migrant Tales, first had accounts of the migrant experience of New Zealand taken from places around the net. This story was written by a British person on a British emigration forum in June 2011. He and his wife emigrated to New Zealand five years ago, in vain, to get…

Skilled Migrants Asked To Tell Their NZ Work Stories

A reader has sent us a link to a post on 3 News‘ Facebook page. Anyone who is considering emigrating to New Zealand as a skilled migrant without a firm job offer, or without full registration by a trade/professional body may want to read this: “We are looking for highly-skilled immigrants who came to NZ…

Migrant Tales – Returning Kiwi Felt Like A Pom in NZ

Continuing in our series of Migrant Tales, first hand accounts of the migrant experience of New Zealand taken from places around the net. This tale is taken from an army social forum and the author, an expat Kiwi, speaks about how uncomfortable he felt when he returned to NZ after a long absence. He was…

Migrant Tales – New Zealand Expo, No It Wasn’t

Continuing in our series of Migrant Tales, first had account of the migrant experience of New Zealand taken from places around the net. Today’s tale is taken from a great blog called Movingtonewzealandblog.com and the author tells of his experience of an emigration fair held in Britain on 27 March 2011. We wish the author…

Migrants Tales – 5 Years In NZ And Getting Bored

Continuing in our popular Migrants Tales series – first hand accounts of migrant life in New Zealand taken from locations around the net. Today’s tale is taken from a British expats forum and is comprised of two posts – one from 2006 and the other five years later. This is an excellent essay on what…