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Visas and permits for working holidays
A working holiday scheme Work Visa or Permit allows you to holiday and work in New Zealand. If you're eligible, you can get a multiple entry Work Visa. This allows you to leave and return to New Zealand within the stay allowed by your visa.
The length of time you can work temporarily in New Zealand on a working holiday visa or permit varies between 6-12 months, depending on where you’re coming from.
While work and travel in New Zealand you can spend up to one incredible year living and working in New Zealand and stop off at some of the most exotic spots in the world on the way. The people of New Zealand are renowned for their friendliness and their interest in travel. The "overseas work experience" is a part of the Kiwi culture.
Many New Zealanders have spent time working abroad and love to welcome people to their country. If you wish to work in your specific field its worth contacting the appropriate New Zealand body before arrival for information and contacts. Take copies of your CV and presentation folder containing references and a cover letter about your travels and aims. Its worth taking your CV on floppy disk so contact details can be changed as you move and printed out in Internet Cafes.
Be prepared to do any working holiday New Zealand job!
- Work and Travel New Zealand /Backpacker jobs are mainly in hospitality, catering, farm/fruit packaging, processing and factory work
- Office work can be obtained mainly through employment agencies in the major cities such as Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch
- Bar/Hospitality experience is worth getting before you leave
- A P licence to drive buses/coaches is also a good asset so you can drive tourist shuttles/buses
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Volunteer Jobs in New Zealand - Working Holiday New Zealand
The main volunteer course is for conservation volunteer. Under this course volunteers come to school either full time or part time for at least 4 weeks and then travel to another part of NZ to do volunteer work on one of NZ's conservation projects.
Volunteers have to commit to at least 2 weeks on a project but most do 1 or 2 months.
While on the project you can expect to work for between 4 and 6 hours a day. Most of the work is outside so you need to be fit. You may be clearing scrub, collecting seeds, planting out seedlings, taking sightings of birds, fencing, digging, maintaining walking tracks etc.
It is important that you know it can be hard, boring work but the views are amazing and we have not yet had a volunteer that regretted going.
Accommodation and traveling costs
Most students usually stay in a homestay while they attend school.
Accommodation is free while on the project but you have to pay for your own food. You also need to pay for your own travel costs from Wellington to the project. Most projects are at the top of the North Island.
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Application requirements and time:
You need:
- to complete the volunteers application form,
- send us a passport sized photo,
- covering letter stating how long you want to volunteer for and how many
projects you want give additional information if you have any special requests (e.g. wants to do a project in the South Island, or wants to travel for 3 weeks after school and before starting the project etc).
All these will be needed at least 6-8 weeks before you arrive.
We STRONGLY recommend that you build travel time into your timetable somewhere as you will want to do it!
The school will try to get confirmation of a project before you leave your home country which will include a gear list to bring.
Gear List
Usually volunteers need to bring wet weather gear, a sleeping bag and strong hiking or work boots.
If you are due to be on a project over Christmas/New Year then you need to be prepared to travel during this time as most projects close for these two weeks (some stay open).
Costs:
1) English Course:
Registration fee
(at least) 4 weeks tuition fee - part time
4 weeks tuition fee – full time
homestay registration fee
2) Volunteer Program
volunteer project arrangement fee
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Whether you are on a shoestring budget or want to stick on to the city for a longer time, a short term backpacking job would help you to earn extra cash which you’d need to sustain yourself in the city. In fact, a Working Holiday visa would be of a greater help than just a Tourist visa if you are looking for a long stay at various locales in New Zealand.
Hamilton, situated on the North Island of New Zealand has fertile lands, gardens, horticulture farmlands, and lot more. It also has a strong hospitality and entertainment industry. So, here’s a peek into the job market available in Hamilton and how you can pick any of them to earn, learn, and enjoy your holidays in the city.
Part-Time Jobs at City Center
It is not easy to get a cost-effective accommodation at the heart of the Hamilton city. Many innovative youngsters often apply as a care-taker or maintenance worker at shopping malls, food stalls, or fashion outlets. The backpackers get a modest accommodation in the bargain for the work they need to do.
The evenings are free to allow them to visit the casinos, music sessions, restaurants for fine dining, and pubs to enjoy cool cocktails. Women travelers seek Au Pair jobs or jobs as a pet sitter or house keeper. If you visit Hamilton during July, you can seek jobs for fruit picking or working in an orchard farm.
Many backpackers to Hamilton seek rural accommodation so that they can enjoy the bucolic life in the suburbs of the city. People are required to assist various odd jobs in dairy farming, animal husbandry, and organic farming. You can check out jobs to sort organic eggs at an eco-farm house or work on milking systems at a dairy farm.
Travel Jobs
Yet another occupation that aptly suits backpacker is the job of a horse rider. You could work in stud farms or stables meant for racing horses. In the bargain, you would get free accommodation and a tryst with the natural wild of Hamilton. Travelers who love to be on the move at all times, a job at the aviation industry or shipping company would work wonders. Plush hotels and resorts at Hamilton require people constantly - from chef to attendants, gaming supervisors, child care specialists, mechanics, gardeners, house-keeping staff, and staff at the customer service desks.
Don’t worry about your holiday as there are suitable holidays, rewards, perks, and learning while you are working at these hotels. Moreover, you can also enjoy the facilities offered by the hotel for free during your after-working hours.
To get the ideal job you’d love to have during your holidays to Hamilton, make sure you start job search early and at the right place as well. Online job in New Zealand offer a good scope to backpackers who are looking for short term interesting jobs. If you love to see nature more often, try to tour Hamilton during the harvest season as a lot of seasonal jobs would be available. For travel jobs, peak tourist season would be a good idea.
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Changes to Working Holidays Schemes - Working Holiday New Zealand
New Zealand announced some major changes to the working holiday schemes it has with a number of other countries. Working Holiday Schemes currently allow 31,000 young people from 22 countries to spend 12 months in New Zealand and undertake temporary work. The schemes contribute to positive outcomes for New Zealand by strengthening international linkages, providing a good source of skilled migrants and contributing to economy.
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The changes include:
- increasing the overall number of working holidaymakers allowed into New Zealand
- dividing an extra 10,000 places between the schemes for Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Norway and the USA
- removing the cap (which means there will be no upper limit on the amount of places) for Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom
- easing the work restrictions (no more than three months with any one employer) for Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden and the USA
- allowing working holidaymakers from the United Kingdom to stay for up to 2 years (ie 23 months)