Mar 9, 2025
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So curious to know what this was like? Ive always had fantasies of New Zealand and also grew up in the midwest. How’d you find footing?
@JS123123123 They honestly make it really easy in New Zealand! I did a working holiday visa, it cost like $25 and got approved right away. Then you just have to get an ird number. We bought a car for like $5,000usd and sold it on fb marketplace when we left. I stayed in QT for the first six months and tbh I would avoid staying there long term unless you love skiing. Super expensive and hard to find housing. Literally, I rented a room for ~$800usd a month and the bathrooms had green fuzzy mold growing out of the floor. I also knew people who were getting kicked out so their landlord could turn the place into an airbnb. I loved Wellington, I found a flat on fb marketplace by the beach. I kind of regret that I never found some remote farm job and stayed there for a while. Sometimes they’ll house and feed you for lower pay. Hostels, too.
Anyways lol, NZ is generally a very safe and easy country for Americans. There are so many tourists, you’ll always be around people in the same boat.
Thank you :') I think I've definitely fallen into the trap of waiting until I am "ready" but nobody is ever ready until they actually do it, cuz you have to learn as you go. I'm so glad you made the New Zealand leap! I feel like I'm starting to stagnate in Florida for sure.
@GFORCE2001 Sounds like a very exciting time for you! Like change is gonna happen whether you move or not :)))
@HAILEYD4WN Yeah, I'm glad I at least built the ability to be myself no matter where I am!
