New Zealand, how is it there?

After my previous topic , they piled aside questions, we understood how to move. Is it worth it?
I'll give you a short break.

All prices in NZD unless otherwise noted.

Housing

From housing - apartments in the center, or at home away. Two bedroom house from
300 dollars a week. You can buy something decent for 300k, loans
etc. are available. The center is inhabited by Chinese and students. Local population
prefers home with lawn.

If you go alone, you can share an apartment / house with someone. The price of such
from 100 per room and so many people live this way.

Job

The minimum payment is 10 dollars per hour. Contract programmers - from
30-100 per hour. The crisis crippled the market seriously enough, but it has already become
gradually straightened out. Russian programmers on the background of the Chinese and
Indians look advantageous.
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Girls

Indigenous people and former British, how to say a little
plump. Of those who came in many beautiful, for example from the Latin
America. On the, in a general sense, not the best situation with girls eyes
washed out in six months.

Cars, roads

Right-hand drive, as in Japan / England. Everywhere there are arrows
so as not to confuse. At first, you still confuse, especially hard
Decoupling and ring are given. The speed limit in the city is 50, according to the speed
(analogue of the route) 100. Large fines - in the city of 65 km / h it costs 80NZD.
You can drive after the beer bottle.

The police are friendly, especially outside the city. Somehow lit our
half-dead car, and the next day we stopped in order to
suggest which service is better to go. Well, the very look of them resembled
agents from People in black.
After entering the country, you can drive according to Russian rights for a year (with
translation), and then retake, which is also not difficult.

Rent a car in a season around 40NZD per day for a Corolla-type sedan.
Gasoline 1.7NZD, diesel 1NZD, but there is an additional tax on diesel.
Buy a car on the go - from 1000NZD, expenses - registration 120 per year and
30 checkup every six months. All but the inspection is done through
the Internet.

Parking in the center is expensive and practically absent, behind the center - free on the street.

A friend can easily lend you a car, if you are stopped, you will need to give the name of the owner and that's it. However, they stop here very rarely, rights are asked even less often.

Money

the New Zealand dollar fell into crisis from .8 to .5 to USD. No matter how
strangely, the price of sausage, beer and cheese is not affected. Banking system
developed, all shops accept cards.

Transfer from one account to another is done within a day, for transfer
you need to know only the account number. Through the internet of course.
Paypal works in full.

The medicine

For those who are on a work visa and residents for free. With the exception of
therapists (50nzd) and cosmetic surgery.

Types of visas

Limited - it is given if you really don't want to give it to you, because of it
rigid framework, during which you need to leave the country. Change or
to extend this visa while in the country

Visitor's shop is a regular visa, you can study for 3 months. To receive
need to show that you have money to stay. Extends to 9
months.

Student - is given if you are going to study for more than 6 months,
extended or changed without problems. If learning was not language, and
not less than a year, then at the end you are given a work visa.

Working - standard, you can work, change, extend.

Business - I do not know anything.

Resident - give if you score enough points, allows you to live in
the country indefinitely, or for two years to leave the country, but not
more than half a year.

Resident's constant - if you have been on the residence for two years, and nothing
did not break. Essentially no different from citizenship except
passports
Citizenship - give after five years after receiving residency.

Russian-speaking community

A large community arrived in the 90s, while the entry was practically free.
Golden youth studying in uni. Quite a lot of people with
Kazakhstan, the state pays for their studies abroad.

Internet and Telephone

Expensive and slow. They like to give 12 monthly contracts. I pay 80NZD
for 15yr, adsl. There is no alternative. Trying to stretch the optics, but it
not soon. 10 bucks for SIP with a local number.

Mobile, 39 for 200 minutes in the network, 20 minutes urban, 2000 sms + 10NZD
for 100mb 3g. Provider in GSM one (vodafone), the second is pulled
in a month.
On the contract can give any phone, also at an inflated price.

Travel

Many tourists from all over the world come to the country. Summer surfing, hiking
routes. In winter, skiing and snowboarding. The South Island is especially popular,
It is easy to ride a month, although the distances are generally not large.

Attitude towards Russians

Russia is somewhere far away, and very big. There is a mafia, KGB and
vodka. Russian on the general background come across quite rarely, but from
cities know Moscow, St. Petersburg and Vladivostok with Khabarovsk. Such here
strange combination.
Constant jokes on the topic that Russians drink vodka
from morning to evening, but ghastly. Russian accent is similar to Germanic - often confused.

Equipment

Expensive and delayed, it tells the distance. Can be ordered by mail
no problem with that. There are local brands like kogan, f & p.
Small selection of household appliances such as styralok, refrigerators.

A crisis

At first it wasn’t felt at all, then babats gasoline dropped from 2.2 to 1.5. And in
In February, I decided to change jobs and found that instead of 80 vacancies,
Hang a measly 8 and then from the agencies. Mostly affected construction
firms.
The government is not lost and has ceased to give working visas
guards and waiters.

post office

Zeeland Courier - 6NZD. Delivery within 24 hours. 30 bucks to
Canada, for 10 days. By mail, you can do re-registration
cars (9bucks).
A lot of everything can be ordered through the mail. Bank cards rights, etc.
also come in the mail.

Start your own bissnes

Ltd. opens via the Internet, it costs 160NZD. Takes a week.
You can without it, but then you will respond with your property. On
expenses can be written off part of the housing, office equipment - as usual.

Children

Garden fee, 200NZD per month and more. Schools for free.
At the university give state. credit.

Some photos . By the way, the Pornstar on Bikes parade is held once a year in Auckland, but the flicker will not show them until you register.
Descriptions of the 2 week trip , there you can find information / tips on immigration.