Working In New Zealand
New Zealand is located in the south-western pacific Ocean, two main landmasses (commonly known as the North Island and the South Island and numerous smaller islands, most notably Stewart Island/Rakiura and the Chatham Islands.
The indigenous Maori named New Zealand “Aotearoa” which commonly translates as “The Land of the Long White Cloud.”
New Zealand offers a unique opportunity for people to enjoy the benefits of modern technology, a democratic free trade economy while being in a lower populated environment which means a more relaxed better quality of life.
Like many other countries; there have been skill shortages in New Zealand and as such there are opportunities to migrate to New Zealand via skilled migrant category. However like most countries any individual that applies for migration must meet or exceed a number of points, one of which is to have a written permanent job offer from a New Zealand employer.
Positions / roles such as
- Accountants
- Chartered accountants
- Management accountants
- Business Advisory Services
- Sharebrokers
- Audit and taxation experts
- Banking staff
- Corporate Finance staff
These types of roles within finance and accounts are in demand with many employers finding they have vacancies but not the people to fill those roles.
For more information about working in New Zealand we recommend viewing Immigration New Zealand where you can download a free application form. However some people prefer to use an immigration consultant to help them fill out the forms, you can find immigration consultants for New Zealand on our links resources pages.
Many qualified and skilled workers choose New Zealand over other countries to emigrate to because of the relaxed way of life, the better weather and mild winters. New Zealand benefits from a lower density of population that is centred around three major populations of Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch.
You can view the skill shortage list from the department of Immigration here
New Zealand also offers a benefit to those that have GBP or USD capital and are thinking of migrating, due to the current foreign exchange rate those people with savings could find themselves mortgage free, and access to a much higher standard of living in terms of their residential property in like for like markets.
New Zealand is a wonderful place to live and for any person that is considering emigrating we would highly recommend visiting before committing, it allows for you to fully view the enormous differentials in terms of temperature and location within New Zealand.
It has been said the Christchurch is the most British orientated city of New Zealand with its common name “ the Garden city” it boasts large botanical gardens, you could go punting on the river Avon, or have tea and crème cakes in the Chateau on the Park.
Auckland, the city of sails boasts the tallest building in the southern hemisphere and also the largest mass of population currently at around 1.3 million. (compared to a total of 4.4 million of total population) Auckland is also more humid than Christchurch and most parts of the southern island.
View Accountancy and Financial jobs in New Zealand.