New Zealand: An Ideal Place to Live

In the recent survey made by Alliance and Leicester International (the offshore savings bank with a strong focus on expatriate customers around world) said that New Zealand tops the poll as an ideal place to live with a population of under five million, with low crime rate recorded, high internet connectivity and consistently mild weather and favourable working hours that makes New Zealand hit the top spot for quality of life.

Simon Ripton, Acting Managing Director of Alliance & Leicester International comments: "Costs and quality of life are often not the primary reason that many UK citizens decide to move abroad, particularly if work takes them to another country. However these are certainly important factors once they are in their new home. Most places have their unique attractions, so while one country might be someone's idea of heaven, it might be another's idea of hell."

Simon Ripton continues: "That said, New Zealand does on average appear to offer a high quality of life at a reasonable cost - attributes that many people value in their country of residence. Its strong cultural links to the UK also make it highly attractive to many UK movers. But wherever expats do decided to settle, they will want to maintain links with the UK and many of the aspects of their home country that they value.

"Using a bank like ALIL is an ideal way to do this, as not only can expats protect their savings from local currency fluctuation, but they can also be safe in the knowledge that they can access their savings using internet banking 24 hours a day."

Other countries like Australia, Italy, Spain, Portugal and France are also included in the list.


source: easier.com

My 5 Reasons Why I Choose To Go In New Zealand

A journey to a thousand miles is one of the situation which we can meet our success in life. For me, If I will given a chance to visit a certain country, for sure I choose New Zealand. Why? Because of many reasons I have to fulfill my dreams to go in New Zealand.

One of my reason is, I want to see the breath taking beauty of natures there,
Second, I want to see and experience the hospitality of people around the country,
Third one, I want to learn the culture of New Zealand,
Fourth, I want to see the famous universities of the country, and
Lastly, I want to study there because I found out that New Zealand is known already to be one of the study destination all over the world because of the quality of educational system rendered by the top universities there. If I were you, I decide to go in New Zealand adopting my 5 reasons why should I go in New Zealand.

Check out our website for full listing of New Zealand Universities available for overseas students who wish to study abroad in New Zealand.

New Zealand Schools are in need of Overseas Teachers

In the recent news from Nzherald said that most schools in New Zealand are now in need of Teachers to fill up vacancy like technology and physic teachers.

The report said that the greatest demand earlier this year was for English Teachers and now followed by technology and maths.

What is the main reason why jobs weren't filled? The report said that about three-quarters of job advertisement were applied by the same person, others received no replies.

Now the Government had introduced its new policy for overseas teachers to be quickly recognised and trained in UK.

According to Wellington, Rongotai College Principal Graeme Jarret said, "I didn't have anyone I could offer the job to. If [the Government] says there's no shortage, how come we hardly get any applicants?"

Jarrett said he had one word to solve the problem - money. "Because of the rate of pay, the very top young people are not going into teaching."

Indeed, the Government must make necessary actions to supply the shortages of Teachers in New Zealand. They needed to make teaching "more attractive for graduates" by making it a more valued profession.

New Zealand: the next destination for Indian Students

source: Business Standard

Business Standard reports that New Zealand now offers study opportunities in the field of research for students in India under the new agreement of New Zealand Government. It also stated that The New Zealand trade and Enterprise and the New Zealand High Commission in India have been organising education fares and activities for Indian Students for the past several years. As a result, Indian students are now granted to take a PhD degree in New Zealand without worrying its hig tuition fee. The New Zealand government is willing to pay at least 60 to 70 percent of fee for students who are taking up research at various NZ Institutions.

New Zealand’s Trade Commissioner to India, Paul Vaughan said “We are getting the maximum number of students from North India. Students from Punjab and Delhi are coming to New Zealand in large numbers. The trend is slowly being followed by students from Maharashtra and the Southern states.”

The population of New Zealand is just over 4 million. Due to the growing economy, a lot of job opportunities are coming up. “Our unemployment ratio is just 3 per cent and non-New Zealand citizens can take jobs even in the army and the police,” Vaughan added. The academic year in New Zealand star

Under-18s to stay in education

Prime Minister Helen Clark announced that all under 18 year olds will be having some form of education or training from 2004. Those students who are leaving school will have to either go into other training or if they took up a job would have to do that in conjuction with an apprenticeship or qualification.

"Senior secondary schooling will be transformed so that staying at school, gaining relevant qualifications, and building on qualifications beyond school, will become the accepted norm over time," Clark says.

Source: NZPA