5,365 ViewsIt is now the season of tax refund and there’s quite a bit of discussion going along with regards to how much each and everyone is getting back and I thought that it would be good to do round up all the queries and confusion that everyone has with regards to this matter. How
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Managing Money in New Zealand for Working Holiday
4,108 ViewsI just wanted to write a post with regards to how I managed my money during my 9-month Working Holiday experience in New Zealand (Jun 2019 – Mar 2020). To summarize, this post will be about: How I brought money over to New Zealand How I set up my bank account How I brought
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How Much did I spend – Working Holiday New Zealand
2,766 ViewsOkay, this is it. I’ve done the sums and.. the truth hurts but.. my high spending is kind of expected given that I embarked on this working holiday experience after working in the corporate life for 7+ years which means that I do have the spending power and bringing money home was definitely not
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How Much Can You Earn – Working Holiday New Zealand
9,511 ViewsHave you ever wondered how much you can earn from your working holiday in New Zealand? I had been in New Zealand for 37.5 weeks (with my 6+3 months visa) and I had been really thankful that I had managed to work for 27 weeks (>70% of my time), across 7 different jobs. At
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New Zealand
New Zealand South Island Itinerary for 12 days
3,576 ViewsSo this is the highlight of my working holiday – a true holiday with my family; one which did not require me to fuss about breakfast every morning and.. something which allowed me to feast like no tomorrow. Anyway, hope this itinerary will be useful as it seems like we didn’t spend a lot
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My love-hate relationship with car ownership in New Zealand
2,322 ViewsIt’s currently my week 24 here in New Zealand and I am starting to draft this out but I’ll probably only publish this article towards the end of my working holiday in case there are more dramas to my car ownership journey. Yep, the first big-ticket item that I’ve bought here is my car;
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Working in a Ski Resort – Working Holiday New Zealand
4,673 ViewsIt has been two weeks since I left my my kind of dream job – I worked in a ski resort for 5 weeks. Why so short? That’s because I only managed to join in September, nearing the end of the season, as my friend wanted to leave early. How did I get the
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Environment Sustainability – What we can learn from New Zealand
3,108 ViewsI’ve been staying in this beautiful country for more than three months and I am really impressed with the amount of effort put in to protect the environment. To be honest, I haven’t been a very environmentally conscious person back in my home country cause its just too convenient to be otherwise and I