Relocation

Opportunities for New Zealand Teachers at home

It’s a great time to consider returning to teaching in New Zealand schools and early childhood services. Increasing secondary rolls, new Government measures leading to more opportunities for primary teachers, plus the national shortage of qualified early childhood teachers, lead to a demand for experienced New Zealand and overseas qualified teachers.

Stuff: Crackdown On Pension Transfers

British authorities have moved to legislate against abuses of the pensions transfer system here in New Zealand. Every year 10,000 British immigrants move to New Zealand, many bringing fat pension funds with them. Many Kiwi expats also return home, some having saved up large nest-eggs with the help of generous tax breaks from the British government. But official anger has grown in Britain as so-called pensions transfer agents here have helped people cash up their pension funds before retirement, making a mockery of the understanding between Britain and New Zealand that pensions transfers are allowed only to schemes which will ensure the money stays put until retirement.

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New Zealand Best Country To Move To

New Zealand has been voted as the best country to move to by the readers of a Swedish magazine.

Sydney Morning Herald: Forget the Joneses, keep up with the Kiwis

Sydney Morning Herald writer Paola Totaro says, while the Australians make Kiwis the butt of many jokes across the Tasman, New Zealand is the true 'lucky country' in several ways.

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