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New Zealand and Vietnam have recently established a Working Holiday Agreement. The Working Holiday scheme will allow young people from each country to spend up to 12 months working and travelling in the other country. Both the New Zealand Embassy in Hanoi and the Vietnamese Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs announced that the […]

Over the past few months, Australia has made international headlines for a number of different reasons related to the continued influx of immigrants. There are many motives which contribute to the recent increase of inbound migration to Australia. Firstly, the Australian economy has still not been significantly affected by the world recession which started in […]

Why is the kiwi the national symbol of New Zealand? The bird Kiwi is the national symbol and icon of New Zealand. The name of the bird – Kiwi comes from the language of Maori (indigenous NZ people). It means “hidden bird”. The association between Kiwis and NZ is so strong that often the word […]

Since 2005 Australia made it is possible for Working Holiday Makers to apply for a second visa. There is however one very important requirement. People who want to become a second visa must prove that they did a “specified work” in an “eligible regional Australian area” for a minimum of 3 months. How is “specified […]

New Zealand is ranked the most peaceful country in the world for a second consecutive year, shows the Global Peace Index. The Global Peace Index is conducted by the Institute for Economics and Peace for 149 countries. According to the survey, peace is determined by factors such as income, schooling and level of regional integration. […]

The recession has a negative effect on many aspects of our lives, but this is the natural way of the economy to bring order to itself after years of frivolous spending by the common consumer. It is always darkest before the dawn, that good old idiom says, but that isn’t necessarily true if you act […]