Thinking about moving to Wellington

Tes&Martin

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Member since 08 December 2011

Chania, Crete

Tes&Martin

09 December 2011 09:02:38

Tes&Martin

09 December 2011 09:02:38

Chania, Crete

Hello,

We are thinking to move to NZ these coming weeks.
We are momentarily living in Bali and my partner would like to start his Phd in Wellington, and I would like to work.
So we are looking around where to live and what kind of jobs there are. But we heard that NZ got extremely expensive the last years. And that immigration is making it difficult for new comers. We are Dutch, so we need to take an English test, but I read that they made it so difficult that even 40% of the native speaking people would flunk that test?
Would like to hear your experiences and if the monthly costs are really that high.

Thanks!

Harmonie

ViP

Member since 13 June 2011

Mauritius/Ile Maurice

Harmonie

09 December 2011 11:59:11

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Harmonie

09 December 2011 11:59:11

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Mauritius/Ile Maurice

Hello Tes and Martin!

Welcome to Expat.com.

Do not hesitate to browse the different threads of the forum, it may help.

I also invite you to take a look at the several articles in our participative guide.
Here is the link > https://www.expat.com/en/guide/oceania/new-zealand/.

I wish you all the best,
Harmonie.

prettywitty

Active member

Member since 11 January 2012

Auckland

prettywitty

22 January 2012 04:01:49

prettywitty

22 January 2012 04:01:49

Auckland

I grew up in the USA and have always spoken fluent english. I too had to take the english exam in order to get a nursing license in NZ. It is a reading comprehension test for the most part. It measures how well you can read and understand english. I did well on it but only got 7 on one part of it. I attribute the lower score to the subjectivity of the answers. I felt like the correctness of the answer was a matter of opinion and not based on fact. However 7 is a high enough score to get licensure so I am ok