Overseas Posts   Embassy, High Commission and Consulate address locations, telephone and fax numbers.   New Zealand Diplomatic Post Website compendium.

Te Aka Aorere the New Zealand High Commission London with A-Z Information for New Zealanders visiting the United Kingdom.
The New Zealand High Commission in Ottawa, Canada.   The New Zealand Embassy in Japan.   The Embassy of New Zealand for the United States.   New Zealand Embassy in Moscow
Contact information for New Zealand Embassies in other countries.

SafeTravel.govt.nz providing guidance on how to prepare for your travel, and what to do if trouble strikes you overseas.   Registration of New Zealanders Overseas

Identity Services   Department of Internal Affairs.

New Zealand Citizenship.

From 1 January 2006, children born in New Zealand will acquire New Zealand citizenship at birth only if at least one of their parents is a New Zealand citizen or has permanent residency.

New Zealand Passports   How to apply, supporting documents, childrens passports, fees, time involved, urgent - callout service.   Download an application form in pdf format.

The Births, Deaths and Marriages (BDM) office.
If you are adopted, once you turn 20, you can get a copy of your original birth certificate which may show the details of one or both of your birth parents. If there are no details, either the name has not been registered or a veto has been placed by the birth parent(s). Birth parents of a child adopted after 1 March 1986 do not have the right to place a veto.
Born overseas ?   If you were born overseas on or after 1 January 1978 and one of your parents was a New Zealand citizen, then you may be a New Zealand citizen by descent. Note that this status must be registered through the Citizenship Office before your 22nd birthday or your citizenship will lapse.   You will need to provide a certificate of citizenship or proof that your citizenship by descent status has been registered, even if you have already had a passport.

Dual citizenship and the USA.

U.S. Citizens living overseas must report their worldwide income on their U.S. tax return.

The Kiwi Expat Association
New York Kiwi Club   Atlanta Georgia   Los Angeles   San Francisco Kiwis   Montreal   Switzerland.   The Koru Branch UK
OldFriends to find out what your old friends are doing now.
Find a Kiwi database lists 2,982 NZ Secondary and Primary Schools, Colleges and Universities.

New Zealand Immigration Service - Moscow.

Business Migration to New Zealand.
NZemigrate   easing the move to New Zealand.
Protea Pacific Immigration Consultants.   SA to NZ for those folk wishing to make the move from South Africa to New Zealand.
SANZ Trust

Move To New Zealand - New Zealand Immigration Chat.
Move2NZ.com

The Brain Drain and the Knowledge Economy

As New Zealand approached the general election at the end of 1999, attention focused on the large numbers of young and often well-qualified New Zealanders leaving the country, and stemming this "brain drain" is one of the challenges that confronts the new government. Simultaneously, New Zealand is debating how to become a "knowledge society" (or, depending on the speaker, a "knowledge economy"), for which well-qualified and talented citizens are touted as a crucial ingredient. For many New Zealanders who are currently working outside of New Zealand the issue is not a lack of money, but a lack of opportunity.

Te Ratonga Manene, the New Zealand Immigration Service - Official information on visting, working and studying in New Zealand.
The new migrant and the Treaty of Waitangi.
About New Zealand   background information about New Zealand, Immigration, NZ Society, Language, Employment, Education.
Living in New Zealand   a guide for new migrants.

• Housing
• Health
• Education
• Work
• Business
• Government
• Migrants
• Settling in

Te Ratonga Hononga Taimahi   Employment Relations Service.
Basic information on laws relating to the workplace, outlining the main rights and obligations of employers and employees with some suggestions on good practices for employment relations.
The Employment Relations Act 2000 replaced the Employment Contracts Act 1991.

• the Employment Contracts Act had a contractual approach and refers to collective and individual employment contracts;
• the Employment Relations Act has an "employment relationship" approach and refers to collective and individual employment agreements.

The Medical Council of New Zealand, PO Box 11 649, Wellington, New Zealand Phone 64+4+384 7635, Fax 64+4+385 8902     Registration as a Doctor in New Zealand.   Note that the 1995 Medical Practitioners Act requires that the names of all doctors (New Zealand and Overseas graduates) must be removed from the register if they do not reside in New Zealand for a period of 6 consecutive months in a period of 3 consecutive years.
The Southern Doctor   a resource for doctors seeking work in New Zealand

Overseas Doctors wishing to practise in New Zealand complain of registation difficulties in the NZ Doctor Magazine.
The New Zealand Hospitals Online site had information on registration as a doctor in New Zealand.

" New Zealand is currently oversupplied with foreign doctors who are unable to practise because their qualifications are not recognised by the New Zealand Medical Council. Since 1992 about 4000 doctors have arrived in the country (which only requires about 6000 doctors in total) under a loose immigration policy which did not ensure a person's overseas qualifications were recognised for registration locally.
It is estimated at least 900 of these doctors are now unemployed and many others are working in non clinical fields while they wait to sit registration exams."
"Only 120 doctors can sit the exams at one time, and they are only held twice yearly."

New Zealand listings in Mandy's Film and Television Production Directory. Find Technicians & Talent, Facilities, Producers & Production Companies.

IPENZ The Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand represents over 7000 New Zealand educated engineers in fields as diverse as forestry engineering, biomedical engineering, fabrication, mechanical design, construction, electronics, management, software development and food processing.

A government web site for business people considering a move to New Zealand
New Start. New Opportunities     Apply and Settle     Employ and Assist
Personal contacts are very important in the New Zealand job market. It is estimated that 70 percent of jobs in New Zealand are filled without being advertised.
WorkSite / PaeMahi work, training, employment & skills in New Zealand.

JTrade Me Jobs .
Seek.  KiwiCareers   Job Universe   Seasonal Work in New Zealand.
Find an executive position online with the National Business Review Job Find.
Health Employment Gazette: Vacancies Search
The Association of Commonwealth Universities lists some current vacancies in New Zealand Universities.
New Zealand Government Jobs Online an employment site for vacancies in government organisations.

United States of America Working Holiday Scheme.

For the stuff you cannot carry with you:
Hapag-Lloyd . Ask about the use of non-operating refrigerated containers.
Vanpack International
Cosco shipping.

New Zealand Customs Service
Household Effects     Motor Vehicles

Your consumer rights when buying a car
Get a Vehicle Information Report.

What you should leave behind:
Quarantine Restrictions   New Zealand is a small island country, known for its lush vegetation, fruit crops, sheep, cattle and deer farming and natural beauty. Less than 10 percent of the world's pests and diseases occur there. Because New Zealand is an island nation, dependent on forestry and agriculture as a major part of the economy, the introduction of just one new pest or disease could have devastating consequences. Help keep New Zealand safe.   Quarantine Information for Immigrants

More details in the Coming to New Zealand   section of the soc.culture.new-zealand FAQ.

Rodger Haines' New Zealand Refugee Law   Papers on NZ refugee jurisprudence and a searchable database of all the decisions of New Zealand's Refugee Status Appeals Authority (RSAA), with the full-text of leading decisions.