9/5/2014 (The Kiwi/Kerry Connection) On Monday 12th May 2014 the Kerry International Dark Sky Reserve (I.D.S.R.) will be unwrapping an unexpected gift. There is a lot of mystery surrounding this present but all will be revealed at an opening ceremony in Kerry this coming Monday night at 10pm. The gift has travelled halfway across the… Read more »
Trips To New Zealand
26/2/2014 (My Mission To Find A Job In New Zealand & Get A Work Visa) I’ve been waiting a LONG time to get some pennies (or cents rather) into a New Zealand bank account. Now I’ve finally been paid. Thankfully. I’m just about scraping the barrel on my savings, so the wages have come just… Read more »
31/1/2014 After weeks of waiting, I can happily say that my New Zealand work visa has finally come through. It’s valid for a year. From the time I applied for it, at the end of October until now, it has taken approximately eleven weeks. One of the main reasons why it was granted, I think,… Read more »
15/1/2014 Volunteering for an organisation in a building that’s supposedly haunted. How cool is that? For the first three months while living in Wellington, I volunteered for the SPCA, which was based in Newtown. During my time there, I heard that they were going to be moving to a new building on top of Mt…. Read more »
20/12/2013 (My Mission To Find A Job In New Zealand & Get A Work Visa) Various people told me that this work visa process was going to be a frustrating experience. For me, the process hasn’t been all that bad, up until now. Ok it’s taken a bit of time to get the first stage… Read more »
5/12/2013 (My Mission To Find A Job In New Zealand & Get A Work Visa) My work visa application has finally been submitted. This part of the process took me four weeks, from the time I signed the immigration advisor’s contract to submitting the paperwork. Now I just have to wait and see what the… Read more »
28/11/2013 I have a real soft spot for Christchurch, as I think a lot of my readers might know. It broke my heart to hear about the damage and loss of life caused by the earthquakes there in 2010 and 2011. I’m happy to say now though, that to me, the city centre looks like… Read more »
21/11/2013 (My Mission To Find A Job In New Zealand & Get A Work Visa) I’m in the process of applying for a New Zealand Essential Skills Work Visa. Along with the work visa application form and medical forms there is also a list of documents that I need from the employer, such as: the… Read more »
21/11/2013 (My Mission To Find A Job In New Zealand & Get A Work Visa) When I first saw the amount of forms, documents and list of requirements needed for the work visa application, it felt like I had a mountain to climb. I made a list though of everything I had to do and… Read more »
21/11/2013 I found accommodation after looking at four different places, in various locations around Wellington. I must admit that because of the house-hunting, I’ve seen a lot more areas of the city that I wouldn’t have have seen otherwise. So it was a good thing. I went to look at a place in Upper Hutt, near… Read more »
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