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Cooling · 7 Jun 2007, 10:43

You'd be better off immigrating to Australia than New Zealand. The wages are higher and its probably an easier country to get in to on the whole. In addition it might be easier to integrate into their culture, as there are large migrant populations (particularly in Sydney/Melbourne).

New Zealand is a pretty tolerant place, and we like people coming here to work. Our situation is pretty similar to Western Australia, in that we have low unemployment (3.6%) and high demand for skilled IT people. On average though, real wages in Australia are about a third higher, due (in part) to higher taxation and a smaller economy.

This does sound a little like a phase though. You might wake up in a week or a month's time and think 'gosh, what a silly idea'...

7 Jun 2007, 10:43	#44
Cooling Tilting at windmills Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 579	Re: Working/moving abroad You'd be better off immigrating to Australia than New Zealand. The wages are higher and its probably an easier country to get in to on the whole. In addition it might be easier to integrate into their culture, as there are large migrant populations (particularly in Sydney/Melbourne). New Zealand is a pretty tolerant place, and we like people coming here to work. Our situation is pretty similar to Western Australia, in that we have low unemployment (3.6%) and high demand for skilled IT people. On average though, real wages in Australia are about a third higher, due (in part) to higher taxation and a smaller economy. This does sound a little like a phase though. You might wake up in a week or a month's time and think 'gosh, what a silly idea'... __________________ [Fury] [1up] [Ascendancy]