New Zealand News

Brits who have chosen to move abroad are swapping their savings from sterling to the local currency as the pound continues to weaken against the dollar and the euro. A recent survey by Lloyds TSB International has revealed that the number of British expats holding money in sterling has halved since September 2011 to just 13 per...

Immigration New Zealand (INZ) has announced improved tools to help the country bring fresh talent to its soil. Officials from INZ said this week that it had re-launched an upgraded version of the New Zealand Now website, which it hopes will effectively aid local businesses in finding skilled offshore individuals to fill key roles. The...

The Department of Health (DOH) in Taiwan said it would launch a project in August to lure Taiwanese doctors licensed abroad to return home to practise, in an attempt to combat the profession’s brain drain. Taiwanese doctors practising in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, the UK and the US, but who were already qualified before moving...

The Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) scheme in New Zealand has major benefits for workers and employers from abroad as well as the countries involved, revealed new Department of Labour research. The earnings and return rates research found that most new workers will come back and work another season in the country, many for the same boss...

Christchurch leaders received a boost upon the news that their earthquake-hit city has seen the number of locals moving abroad almost half from the same time last year, reports the New Zealand Herald. Mayor Bob Parker now foresees a “complete reversal” in the trend of residents leaving the city in the coming months as South Island’s...

Winston Peters, the first leader of New Zealand, says heads must roll over the bureaucratic bungling which resulted in an illegal immigrant who was banned from the country still receiving $360 a week in sickness benefits, reports NewstalkZB. Salam Mansoor Abdelabbas Al-Bawi was given a six-month home detention sentence in 2008, after...

More people are now leaving New Zealand than entering, despite the net migration flow being positive during the Christchurch earthquakes and the global financial crisis. The Labour Department has released figures which show that "permanent and long- term" migration is declining, from an increase of 16,500 last year to just 3900...

A new study suggests that it is often easier to emigrate alone rather than with a partner. The survey has been conducted by Aiden Tabor and Dr Taciano Milfont her advisor at the Victoria University of Washington in New Zealand and it looks at the attitudes of those moving to the country from the UK. The results are that it is quite common...

Earthquake stricken Canterbury continues to cry out for chefs as the city's restaurants and cafes are reopening, which is great news for British migrants to New Zealand. An Australia Magazine report told how Christchurch is facing severe shortages of chefs, which has prompted Hospitality New Zealand to push the Government into adding chefs...