Thinking about laying out tens of thousands of pounds to emigrate to New Zealand and work in Christchurch, Canterbury? You may be disappointed to learn that Kiwis are still the preferred candidates for work in the region. A growing number of visa applicants are being declined by the Christchurch immigration office. This is because rising unemployment in…
New Zealand is leading the OECD in another one of those quality-of-life type surveys, only this one isn’t something you’ll hear too much bragging about at the emigration fairs. If you are emigrating to New Zealand and have older children (aged 15-24) in your family you owe it to them to find out more what…
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…
Thinking about emigrating to New Zealand because it’s a great place to raise kids? Think again because according to Labour’s youth affairs spokeswoman, Jacinda Ardern, more than 70,000 people in the 15 to 24 age group are not at work, or in education or training and youth unemployment is a ticking timebomb. As far as…
Continuing in our series of Migrants’ Tales – first hand accounts of the migrant experience in New Zealand, taken from locations around the net. Today’s tale is taken from an immigration forum, written by the wife of a carpenter. The couple moved from Guernsey to Blenheim, but found work in very short supply and that…
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